ultima thule

ultima Thule · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΘούλη
2. Latin · borrowed fromultima Thūlē
3. English todayultima Thule

From Latin ultima Thūlē, nominative feminine singular of ultimus (“furthest”) + Thule, from mediaeval geography; originally from the Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), a (possibly mythical) island to the north of Britain.

Ultima Thule · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromultima“final; furthest”
2. English todayUltima Thule

Capitalization of ultima Thule, from Latin ultima (“final; furthest”) + Thule (“northernmost inhabited island”).

Ultima Thule · proper noun³

From ultima Thule (“furthest place; a place beyond the known world”). The object was first observed in 2014 and announced later that year as a potential target for NASA's New Horizons probe. In March 2018, after inviting suggestions from the public, NASA selected Ultima Thule as its nickname. Once it was determined that the body was a bilobate contact binary, the New Horizons team began calling the larger lobe Ultima and the smaller Thule.

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