Thule

['θju:li:] or ['θjuli]

Definition

(noun.) the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world.

(noun.) a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there.

Checked by Elaine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.

Editor: Moore

Definition

n. the name generally given by the ancients to the most northerly part of Europe known to them of which their want of knowledge was eked out by the imagination—the Orkney and Shetland groups Iceland &c. The usual Roman phrase was Ultima Thule.

Edited by Angelina