ultimaThule

ultimaThule
ultima Thu·le (tho͞oʹlē) n.
1. The northernmost region of the habitable world as thought of by ancient geographers.
2. A distant territory or destination.
3. A remote goal or ideal: “the ultima Thule of technology, the ne plus ultra... the answer to every earthly problem” (John Gould).
  [Latin ultima Thūlē: ultima, feminine of ultimus, farthest + Thūlē Thule.]

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