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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The northernmost region of the habitable world as thought of by ancient geographers.
  • noun A distant territory or destination.
  • noun A remote goal or ideal.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin ultima Thūlē : ultima, feminine of ultimus, farthest + Thūlē, Thule.]

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