ultima thule

Definition of Ultima Thule in English :

1. thule, ultima thule

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ultima Thule

noun

1. another name for Thule

2.

any distant or unknown region

3.

a remote goal or aim

1.

any far-off, unknown region

2.

the farthest limit, uttermost degree, etc.

Thule (northernmost region)

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).