thule

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Gold! the _ultima thule_ of the explorer.

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  1. 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.

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  1. the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world
  2. a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there

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