Thule

Thu·le¹ (th

)

The most northerly region of the habitable world to ancient Greek geographers. Posited as an island north of Britain, it has been variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.

Thu·le² (t

) or Qaa·naaq (kä-näk

)

A town of northwest Greenland northwest of Cape York. A U.S. naval base was built here during World War II. Population: 652.

Thu·le³ (t

)

A Native American culture that spread eastward across coastal Arctic regions to eastern Canada and Greenland from its beginnings in the Bering Strait region, flourishing from about 1000 to 1600.

[After Thule.]

Thule [ˈθjuːlɪ]

1. (Historical Terms) Also called ultima Thule a region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world: sometimes thought to have been Iceland, Norway, or one of the Shetland Islands

2. (Placename) an Eskimo settlement in NW Greenland: a Danish trading post, founded in 1910, and US air force base

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Noun	1.	Thule - a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there Greenland, Gronland, Kalaallit Nunaat - the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
	2.	Thule - the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world ultima Thule

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Greenland Gronland Kalaallit Nunaat Qaanaaq thulium ultima Thule	BY a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE - out of TIME. Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context He went to the door of the partition wall, raised his hands, and hummed in French, "There was a king in Thule. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Some, who seemed to be better informed than the rest, declared that the "row" would begin with the ballad of the KING OF THULE and rushed to the subscribers' entrance to warn Carlotta. The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context	thrusting Thrusting screw Thrustle thrutch thruway Thryes Thryfallow Thryothorus Thryothorus ludovicianus Thu Thu. Thucydides thud thudding thug Thuggee thuggeeism thuggery thuggish thuja Thuja occidentalis Thuja orientalis Thuja plicata Thujopsis Thujopsis dolobrata Thule Thulia thulium thumb Thumb band Thumb blue thumb index thumb knot Thumb latch Thumb mark Thumb nut thumb piano Thumb ring Thumb stall thumb tack thumb through thumb-sucking Thumbbird Thumbed thumber thumbhole Thumbkin Thumbless thumbnail thumbnail sketch thumbnut	Thugs Thugs Thugs Thugs for Life Thugy Thugy Thuisland Thuisland Thuiszorg Het Friese Land Thuiszorg Noord West Twente Thuiszorg Zuid-Gelderland Thuja Thuja Thuja Thuja occidentalis thuja oil Thuja orientalis Thuja plicata Thuja plicata thujas thujas thujas Thujopsis Thujopsis dolabrata Thujopsis dolobrata Thukaram Thukela Thukela River Thukydides Thukydides Thule Thulé Thulé Thule (myth) Thule (myth) Thule (mythology) Thule (mythology) Thule Air Base Thule Air Base, Greenland Thule Culture Thule greenland Thule group Thule people Thule, Greenland Thulia Thulia Thulite thulium thulium thulium thulium thulium thulium chloride Thulium Doped Floride-Based Fiber Amplifier Thulium Fiber Laser thulium oxalate Thulium oxide Thulium(III) oxide thulium-170 Thulium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Thullium

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Greenland
Gronland
Kalaallit Nunaat
Qaanaaq
thulium
ultima Thule

BY a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE - out of TIME.

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

He went to the door of the partition wall, raised his hands, and hummed in French, "There was a king in Thule.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Some, who seemed to be better informed than the rest, declared that the "row" would begin with the ballad of the KING OF THULE and rushed to the subscribers' entrance to warn Carlotta.

The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context

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