Found 2 items, similar to Thule.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Thule 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thule thujone \thujone\, n. An oil, C10H16O, the chief constituent of cedar leaf oil. A stimulant similar to camphor. Also called thujol, thuyol, absinthol, thuyone, tanacetol, tanacetone. [Stedman 25] [1913 Webster] Thule \Thu"le\, n. [L. Thule, Thyle, Gr. ?, ?.] 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] [1913 Webster]