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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Thu•le (tho̅o̅′lē for 1, 2; to̅o̅′lē for 3),USA pronunciation n. - the ancient Greek and Latin name for an island or region variously identified as one of the Shetland Islands, Iceland, or Norway: supposed to be the most northerly region of the world.
- Foreign TermsSee ultima Thule.
- Place Namesa settlement in NW Greenland: site of U.S. air base. 749.
Thu•le (to̅o̅′lē),USA pronunciation adj. - Archaeologyof or pertaining to an Eskimo culture flourishing from a.d.500–1400, and extending throughout the Arctic from Greenland to Alaska.
- named after Thule, Greenland
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Thule /ˈθjuːlɪ/ n - 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
- an Inuit settlement in NW Greenland: a Danish trading post, founded in 1910, and US air force base
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