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Thule (lost area) |
Note: Historically described as an island, reportedly discovered and described by Pytheas ca. 310 BCE. The location is unknown today, but often identified with Jutland, Iceland, Norway, or Mainland Island in the Shetlands; was believed to be the most northerly land in Europe. |
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| Thule (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Thula (C,V)
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| Thila (C,V)
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| Thyïlea (C,V)
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| Ultima Thule (C,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | figuratively, means the most distant goal of human endeavor ar a very remote land |
| Θούλη (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Thoúlē (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Thule (lost area) (P) |
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