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{{also|Thule|Thulé|Thulê|Thulē|Thūlē}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Thule (disambiguation)|Thule|lang=en}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{qualifier|with {{lang|grc|ού}} / {{lang|grc|ύ}} represented by {{m|en||u}}}} Thule, [[Thulé]], [[Thulê]], [[Thulē]], [[Thūlē]], [[Tule]] {{defdate|17<sup>th</sup> C.}}
* {{qualifier|with {{lang|grc|ού}} / {{lang|grc|ύ}} represented by {{m|en||y}}}} [[Thyle]] {{defdate|17<sup>th</sup> C.}}, [[Thylé]]
* {{qualifier|with {{lang|grc|ού}} / {{lang|grc|ύ}} represented by {{m|en||ou}}}} [[Thoule]], [[Thoulê]]

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|en|la-cla|Thūlē}}, {{m|la|Thȳlē}}, from {{der|en|grc|Θούλη}}, {{m|grc|Θῡ́λη}}, of unknown origin,<ref name=oed/> cognate with {{inh|en|enm|Tile|Tīle}}, {{m|enm|Tyle|Tȳle}}, from {{inh|en|ang|Tȳle}}, {{m|ang|Thīla}}, {{m|ang|Tīle}} (variants of {{m|ang|Þȳle}}) and {{cog|ML.|Tīle}}.

====Pronunciation====
; island in antiquity
* {{IPA|en|/ˈθjuːliː/|a=RP}},<ref name=oed>Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd&nbsp;ed. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20190421043015/http://www.oed.com/oed2/00252116 Thule]". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1989.</ref> {{IPAchar|/ˈθuːliː/}}<ref>Oxford Dictionaries. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20151023003737/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ultima-Thule ultima Thule]". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2015.</ref>
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thule.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/θuːl/|/ˈθjuːliː/|a=GA}}<ref name=odu>Oxford Dictionaries. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20151113045555/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/thule Thule]" (American). Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2015.</ref>
* {{rhymes|en|uːliː|uːl}}

; historical Eskimo culture
* {{IPA|en|/θuːl/|/θjuːl/|a=RP}}<ref name=odb>Oxford Dictionaries. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20151009110943/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Thule Thule]" (British). Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2015.</ref>
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thule2.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtuːliː/|a=GA}}<ref name=odu/>
* {{rhymes|en|uːliː|uːl}}

; airbase
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtuːliː/|a=RP,GA}}<ref name=odu/><ref name=odb/>
* {{rhymes|en|uːliː}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# The [[semi-]][[legendary]] [[island]] of [[classical antiquity]] [[consider]]ed to [[represent]] the [[northernmost]] [[location]] in the [[inhabited]] [[world]] (the [[ecumene#Noun|Ecumene]]).
#* '''1844''', {{w|Edgar Allan Poe}}, ''[[s:The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe|The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe]]'' [[s:The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 2|II]] (1859), “[[s:The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 2/Dream-Land|Dream-Land]]”, page 41, first stanza, lines 5–6:
#*: I have reached these lands but newly // From an ultimate dim '''Thule'''.
#* '''1969''', V.E. Watts (translator), [[w:Boethius|Boëthius]] (author), ''The {{w|Consolation of Philosophy}}'', bk III, ch. v, page 89:
#*: For distant India tremble may // Beneath your mighty rule, // And '''Thulé'''⁵ bow beneath your sway // Far in the Northern sea, // But if to care and want you’re prey, // No king are you, but slave.
#* ''ibidem'', footnote 5:
#*: 5. To the Romans '''Thulé''', variously identified as Iceland or Mainland in the Shetland Isles, marked the extreme northern limit of the known world, just as India here stands for the farthest east.
# {{lb|en|historical}} A [[nationalist]] and [[occultist]] group in [[Germany]] in the early 20th century, which included some of the founding members of the [[Nazi]] Party.
# The [[historical]] [[Eskimo]] [[culture]] [[extending]] from [[Alaska]] to [[Greenland]] between the 6th and 14th [[centuries]].
# A [[settlement]] and [[airbase]] in [[northwestern]] [[Greenland]] [[establish]]ed in 1910 by the [[Danish]] [[explorer]] [[w:Knud Rasmussen|Knud Rasmussen]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|Thulean}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|ultima Thule}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|legendary island in the far north}}
* Armenian:
*: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|Թուլիս}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Thule|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|图勒|tr=Túlè}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|Tuleo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|Thule}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|Thule}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Thulé|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Thule|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Θούλη|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|Thule}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|トゥーレ|tr=Tūre|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|^슐리}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|थूले}}, {{t|mr|थ्यूली}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|ثولی|tr=sūlī}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|Tule|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|Фула}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Further reading====
* {{pedia|Thule (people)}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|en|Ultima Thule}}. Coined in January 2019 by the NASA team investigators of the New Horizons program (see quotations below).

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper-noun}}

# The smaller lobe of the [[trans-Neptunian object]] [[Ultima Thule]], a [[contact binary]] object.
#* {{quote-web|en|date=24 January 2019|author=Stern, S. A., J. R. Spencer, H. A. Weaver, C. B. Olkin, J. M. Moore, W. Grundy, R. Gladstone et al.|title=Overview of initial results from the reconnaissance flyby of a Kuiper Belt planetesimal: 2014 MU69|work=arXiv|url=https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.02578 |text=For  the  purposes  of  discussion, MU<sub>69</sub>’s larger and smaller lobes have  been informally  designated “Ultima” and “'''Thule''',” respectively, by  the  New  Horizons team. Ultima and '''Thule''' have best-fit measured diameters of ~19.5 and ~14.2km, respectively, with errors of only a few percent at this time.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2020|author=Umurhan, O. M., J. T. Keane, R. A. Beyer, M. Bird, I. Linscott, S. B. Porter, J. R. Spencer et al.|title=Abstracts of the 235th AAS Meeting (Honolulu, HI)|page=717|text=Ultima and '''Thule''' have similar colors with measured albedos ∼0.06, indicating that UT is a typical member of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt class of objects.|chapter=Thermophysical, Gravitational, and Geomorphology Properties of 2014 MU69}}

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{l|en|Ultima}} {{gloss|the larger lobe of Ultima Thule}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ehltu|Hulet|Lueth}}

==Latin==
[[File:Thule_carta_marina_Olaus_Magnus.jpg|right|thumb|Thule with the alternative orthography [[Tile]].]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|la|Thīle}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|la|grc|Θούλη||Thule}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|Thūlē}}

===Proper noun===
{{la-proper noun|Thūlē<1>}}

# a legendary northern island, [[Thule]]
# {{lb|la|Medieval Latin}} [[Iceland]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|Thūlē<1>}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|Thule}}
* {{desc|fr|Thulé}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}

{{C|la|Islands}}

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