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ul⋅ti⋅ma Thu⋅le

  [uhl-tuh-muh thoo-lee; Lat. ool-ti-mah too-le]
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–noun
1. (italics) Latin. the highest degree attainable.
2. the farthest point; the limit of any journey.
3. the point believed by the ancients to be farthest north.
Also called Thule.

Origin:
1655–65; lit., farthest Thule
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ultima Thu·le   (thōō'lē)   
n.  

  1. The northernmost region of the habitable world as thought of by ancient geographers.

  2. A distant territory or destination.

  3. A remote goal or ideal: "the ultima Thule of technology, the ne plus ultra . . . the answer to every earthly problem" (John Gould).


[Latin ultima Thūlē : ultima, feminine of ultimus, farthest + Thūlē, Thule.]
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