Thu·le /ˈθuli, ˈθju-/
古人相信存在於世界北端的國家,極北之地
Thu·le prop. 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.
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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]