Associations to the word «Thule»

Wiktionary

THULE, proper noun. The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene).
THULE, proper noun. A nationalist and occultist group in Germany in the early twentieth century, that included some of the founding members of the Nazi Party.
THULE, proper noun. The historical Eskimo culture extending from Alaska to Greenland between the 6th and 14th centuries.
THULE, proper noun. A settlement and airbase in northwestern Greenland established in 1910 by the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen.

Dictionary definition

THULE, noun. A town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there.
THULE, noun. The geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world.

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