ultima thule

1. 1.

   the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world

   SynonymsThule

   Broadergeographical area

Questions about ultima thule

What does ultima thule mean?

ultima thule means "the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world".

What is another word for ultima thule?

Close synonyms include Thule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ultima thule a common word?

ultima thule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.