thule
معنی فارسی
شماليترين سرزمين شمالگان
معنی کامل و مثالها
/thōō´lē/
● (یونان و روم باستان) شمالیترین سرزمین (به ویژه اسکاندیناوی)، شمالگان (ultima Thule هم میگفتند)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Latin, from Greek Thoulē.
مثال
- The ancient Greeks believed Thule to be the farthest north location in the known world.
- Thule is often used in literature to denote a far-off place.
- The explorer claimed to have reached Thule.
ترکیبهای رایج
Ultima Thule Reach Thule
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
- the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world