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title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ultima#Latin" title="ultima">ultima</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">final; furthest</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Thule#Latin" title="Thule">Thule</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">northernmost inhabited island</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 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class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a place beyond the known world; highest achievement</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1875</b></span>, “North-West Pembrokeshire”, in <cite>Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/?id=PJP_TQ7VuQMC&pg=PA288">[1]</a></sup>, page <span class="None" lang="und">288</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>the metropolis of our far west, and about as neat and picturesque an assize town as ever was, with its fine old castle overhanging the river, and, like many of these <i><b>Ultimæ Thules</b></i> of civilisation, having several good shops and handsome churches !</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Thule_(minor_planet)" class="extiw" title="w:Ultima Thule (minor planet)">Ultima Thule (minor planet)</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Thule_(minor_planet)" class="extiw" title="w:Ultima Thule (minor planet)">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"><div class="noprint floatright interproject-box"> <div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Commons:Category"><img alt="Commons:Category" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/50px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/75px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/100px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a><figcaption>Commons:Category</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="commons:Main Page">Wikimedia Commons</a> has more media related to: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:(486958)_2014_MU69" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:(486958) 2014 MU69">(486958) 2014 MU69</a></b></i></div> </div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ocultaci%C3%B3n_MU69.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Ocultaci%C3%B3n_MU69.gif/220px-Ocultaci%C3%B3n_MU69.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Ocultaci%C3%B3n_MU69.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption>Ultima Thule occulting a background star</figcaption></figure> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ultima_Thule#English" title="ultima Thule">ultima Thule</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">furthest place; a place beyond the known world</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p><p>The object was first observed in 2014 and announced later that year as a potential target for NASA's <i>New Horizons</i> probe. In March 2018, after inviting suggestions from the public, NASA selected <i>Ultima Thule</i> as its nickname. Once it was determined that the body was a bilobate <a href="/wiki/contact_binary" title="contact binary">contact binary</a>, the New Horizons team began calling the larger lobe <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ultima#English" title="Ultima">Ultima</a></i> and the smaller <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Thule#English" title="Thule">Thule</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ultima#English" title="Ultima">Ultima</a> <a href="/wiki/Thule#English" title="Thule">Thule</a></strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Synonym of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Arrokoth#English" title="Arrokoth">Arrokoth</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/trans-Neptunian_object" title="trans-Neptunian object">trans-Neptunian object</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(486958)_2014_MU69" class="extiw" title="w:(486958) 2014 MU69">(486958) 2014 MU69</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2018</b> March 13, “New Horizons Chooses Nickname for ‘Ultimate’ Flyby Target”, in <cite>NASA</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-chooses-nickname-for-ultimate-flyby-target">[2]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">With substantial public input, the team has chosen “<b>Ultima Thule</b>” (pronounced <i>ultima thoo-lee</i>”) for the Kuiper Belt object the New Horizons spacecraft will explore on Jan. 1, 2019.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2018</b></span> September 24, Paul Wood, “Preparing to meet Ultima Thule”, in <cite>Nature Astronomy</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0601-2">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Since NASA’s New Horizons mission left its rendezvous with the dwarf planet Pluto in late 2015, it has been preparing for another close encounter, with cold classical Kuiper belt object (CCKBO) 2014 MU<sub>69</sub>, also known as <b>Ultima Thule</b></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> May 8, J. I. Katz, S. Wang, “Arrokoth's Necklace”, in <cite>arXiv</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.00997">[4]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Flyby images of (486958) Arrokoth (<b>Ultima Thule</b>, 2014 MU<sub>69</sub>) show a comparatively bright "necklace" in the neck, or cleft between its two lobes, in contrast to its generally low albedo.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Although nominally <i>farthest</i>, Ultima Thule is not the farthest known object in the Solar System. Even at the time of its discovery, numerous <a href="/wiki/scattered_disc_object" title="scattered disc object">scattered disc objects</a>―which orbit well beyond the <a href="/wiki/Kuiper_belt" title="Kuiper belt">Kuiper belt</a>―were already known. (Named examples include <a href="/wiki/Eris" title="Eris">Eris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sedna" title="Sedna">Sedna</a>).</li> <li>The nickname <i>Ultima Thule</i> was selected by NASA in 2018 (after inviting suggestions from the public) and used by them chiefly in respect of the 1 January 2019 flyby by their New Horizons probe. Prior to 2018, NASA had referred to it as <i>PT1</i> ("potential target 1").</li> <li>When it was determined that the body was a bilobate <a href="/wiki/contact_binary" title="contact binary">contact binary</a>, the New Horizons team began calling the larger lobe <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ultima#English" title="Ultima">Ultima</a></i> and the smaller <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Thule#English" title="Thule">Thule</a></i>.</li> <li>The object's permanent official name, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Arrokoth#English" title="Arrokoth">Arrokoth</a></i>, was announced by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" class="extiw" title="w:International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a> in November 2019.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Arrokoth#English" title="Arrokoth">Arrokoth</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=minor_planet_486958&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="minor planet 486958 (page does not exist)">minor planet 486958</a></span></li> <li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/w/index.php?title=(486958)_2014_MU69&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="(486958) 2014 MU69 (page does not exist)">(486958) 2014 MU69</a></span></li> <li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_MU69&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 MU69 (page does not exist)">2014 MU69</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Ultima#English" title="Ultima">Ultima</a></span> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">the larger lobe of the Ultima Thule contact binary</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Thule#English" title="Thule">Thule</a></span> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">the smaller lobe of the Ultima Thule contact binary</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss=""><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ultime_Thul%C3%A9#French" title="Ultime Thulé">Ultime Thulé</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ultima_Thul%C3%A9#French" title="Ultima Thulé">Ultima Thulé</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ultima_Thul%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:Ultima Thulé">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">Ultima Thule</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Italian">Ultima Thule</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif/220px-2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif/330px-2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif/440px-2014_MU69_Discovery_Images_Animated.gif 2x" data-file-width="628" data-file-height="513" /></a><figcaption>Ultima Thule (circled) as it travels across the background of stars</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ultime_Thul%C3%A9#French" title="Ultime Thulé">Ultime Thulé</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ultima_Thul%C3%A9#French" title="Ultima Thulé">Ultima Thulé</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Ultima Thule</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ultima#Latin" title="ultima">ultima</a>+<a href="/wiki/Thule#Latin" title="Thule">Thule</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun_2">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ultima#French" title="Ultima">Ultima</a> <a href="/wiki/Thule#French" title="Thule">Thule</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Ultima Thule</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20170808-MU69Chart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/20170808-MU69Chart.jpg/220px-20170808-MU69Chart.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/20170808-MU69Chart.jpg/330px-20170808-MU69Chart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/20170808-MU69Chart.jpg/440px-20170808-MU69Chart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption>Extrapolated shape of Ultima Thule from its occultation events</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Unadapted borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Ultima Thule</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ultima#Latin" title="ultima">ultima</a> <a href="/wiki/Thule#Latin" title="Thule">Thūlē</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span>literally <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">farthest Thule</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun_3">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Ultima#Italian" title="Ultima">Ultima</a> <a href="/wiki/Thule#Italian" title="Thule">Thule</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Ultima Thule</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ultima_Thule&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ultimus#Latin" title="ultimus">Ultima</a> <a href="/wiki/Thule#Latin" title="Thule">Thūlē</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>genitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Ultimae_Thules#Latin" title="Ultimae Thules">Ultimae Thūlēs</a></b>)</span>; <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_first_declension" title="Appendix:Latin first declension">first declension</a></i> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/cartography" title="cartography">cartography</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#letter_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">letter-case</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ultima_Thule#Latin" title="ultima Thule">ultima Thule</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span 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