/thooh"lee/ for 1, 2; /tooh"lee/ for 3 , n.
1. 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.
2. See ultima Thule .
3. a settlement in NW Greenland: site of U.S. air base. 749.
/tooh"lee/ , adj.
of 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 ]