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Thule

//ˈθjuːliː// name

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  1. 1
    The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene).

    "I have reached these lands but newly // From an ultimate dim Thule."

  2. 2
    The smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object.

    "For the purposes of discussion, MU₆₉’s larger and smaller lobes have been informally designated “Ultima” and “Thule,” respectively, by the New Horizons team. Ultima and Thule have best-fit measured diameters of ~19.5 and ~14.2km, respectively, with errors of only a few percent at this time."

  3. 3
    A nationalist and occultist group in Germany in the early 20th century, which included some of the founding members of the Nazi Party. historical
  4. 4
    The historical Eskimo culture extending from Alaska to Greenland between the 6th and 14th centuries.
  5. 5
    A settlement in northwestern Greenland established in 1910 by the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen.
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  1. 6
    An air base built on the site in the 1940s.
  2. 7
    A locality in the Murray River council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Classical Latin Thūlē, Thȳlē, from Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), Θῡ́λη (Thū́lē), of unknown origin, cognate with Middle English Tīle, Tȳle, from Old English Thȳle, Thīla, Thīle (variants of Þȳle) and Medieval Latin Tīle.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Ultima Thule. Coined in January 2019 by the NASA team investigators of the New Horizons program (see quotations below).

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