Thule

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thule \Thu"le\ (th[=u]"l[-e]), prop. n. [L. Thule, Thyle, Gr.
     Qoy`lh, Qy`lh.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Thule
       n 1: a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a
            United States naval base was built there
       2: the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to
          be the northernmost land in the inhabited world [syn: {ultima
          Thule}]