"Thule" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈθjuːliː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθuːliː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /θuːl/ [General-American], /ˈθjuːliː/ [General-American], /θuːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /θjuːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtuːliː/ [General-American], /ˈtuːliː/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thule.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thule2.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːliː, -uːl, -uːliː, -uːl, -uːliː Etymology: From the Middle English Tīle, Tȳle, from the Old English Tȳle, Thīla, Tīle (variants of Þȳle) and the Medieval Latin Tīle, from the Classical Latin Thūlē, Thȳlē, from the Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), Θῡ́λη (Thū́lē), of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Tile|Tīle}} Middle English Tīle, {{m|enm|Tyle|Tȳle}} Tȳle, {{inh|en|ang|Tȳle}} Old English Tȳle, {{m|ang|Thīla}} Thīla, {{m|ang|Tīle}} Tīle, {{m|ang|Þȳle}} Þȳle, {{cog|ML.|Tīle}} Medieval Latin Tīle, {{der|en|la|Thūlē}} Latin Thūlē, {{m|la|Thȳlē}} Thȳlē, {{der|en|grc|Θούλη}} Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), {{m|grc|Θῡ́λη}} Θῡ́λη (Thū́lē) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Thule
  1. The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene). Translations (legendary island in the far north): Thule [feminine] (Catalan), 图勒 (Túlè) (Chinese Mandarin), Tuleo (Esperanto), Thule (Estonian), Thule (Finnish), Thulé [feminine] (French), Thule [neuter] (German), Θούλη (Thoúli) [feminine] (Greek), Thule (Hungarian), トゥーレ (Tūre) (Japanese), 슐리 (Syulli) (Korean), Թուլիս (Tʻulis) (Old Armenian), ثولی (sūlī) (Persian), Tule [feminine] (Portuguese), Фула (Fula) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Thule-en-name-PeQzSchQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 30 13 10 20 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 31 36 14 19 Disambiguation of 'legendary island in the far north': 54 22 7 17
  2. (historical) A nationalist and occultist group in Germany in the early 20th century, which included some of the founding members of the Nazi Party. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Thule-en-name-zW3ZJNUN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 30 13 10 20 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 31 36 14 19
  3. The historical Eskimo culture extending from Alaska to Greenland between the 6th and 14th centuries.
    Sense id: en-Thule-en-name-Mm5wnYde Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 30 13 10 20 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 31 36 14 19
  4. A settlement and airbase in northwestern Greenland established in 1910 by the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen.
    Sense id: en-Thule-en-name-zfXFDAvC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 30 13 10 20 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 31 36 14 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Thulean Related terms: ultima Thule
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Clipping of Ultima Thule. Coined in January 2019 by the NASA team investigators of the New Horizons program (see quotations below). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Ultima Thule}} Clipping of Ultima Thule Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Thule
  1. The smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object Ultima Thule, a contact binary object. Synonyms: Thulé, Thulê, Thulē, Thūlē, Tule [17th C.], Thyle [17th C.] (alt: with ού / ύ represented by y), Thylé, Thoule (alt: with ού / ύ represented by ou), Thoulê Coordinate_terms: Ultima (english: the larger lobe of Ultima Thule)
    Sense id: en-Thule-en-name-Gfs9Ry7x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 30 13 10 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /ˈtʰuː.leː/ [Classical], [ˈt̪ʰuːɫ̪eː] [Classical], /ˈtu.le/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪uːle] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē, “Thule”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Θούλη||Thule}} Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē, “Thule”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Thūlē<1>}} Thūlē f sg (genitive Thūlēs); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Thūlē<1>}} Forms: Thūlē [canonical, feminine, singular], Thūlēs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Thūlē [nominative, singular], Thūlēs [genitive, singular], Thūlae [dative, singular], Thūlēn [accusative, singular], Thūlē [ablative, singular], Thūlē [singular, vocative]
  1. a legendary northern island, Thule Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: Thīle
    Sense id: en-Thule-la-name-HYbhNRtl
  2. (Medieval Latin) Iceland Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1 Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-Thule-la-name-WV1tkUlQ Disambiguation of Islands: 36 64 Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 88

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      "word": "슐리"
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      "word": "Thoulê"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Thule (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Thule"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
    "Latin proper nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "la:Islands"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Thule"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Thule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Thule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Thulé"
          },
          "expansion": "French: Thulé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: Thulé"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Θούλη",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Thule"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē, “Thule”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē, “Thule”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Thūlē",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlēs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Thūlē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Thūlē<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Thūlē f sg (genitive Thūlēs); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Thūlē<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a legendary northern island, Thule"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Thule",
          "Thule"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Iceland"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Iceland",
          "Iceland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) Iceland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʰuː.leː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ʰuːɫ̪eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtu.le/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪uːle]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Thīle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Thule"
}

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