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ultima Thule

ul·ti·ma Thu·le [ ùltimə thlee ] (plural ul·ti·ma Thu·les)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. remote place: a distant or very remote place

2. final goal: an ultimate or distant goal

[Late 18th century. < Latin, "farthest Thule," the northernmost part of the inhabited world]
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