THULE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English Tyle, from Old English, from Latin ~, Thyle, from Greek Thoulē, Thylē Date: before 12th century the northernmost part of the habitable ancient world, II. adjective Etymology: ~, Greenland Date: 1925 of, relating to, or being the culture existing in the arctic lands from Alaska to Greenland from about A.D. 500 to A.D. 1400, III. geographical name or Qaanaaq settlement & district NW Greenland