ultima Thule

English

Etymology

Latin (meaning "Last Thule" in a feminine form); from mediaeval geography.

Noun

ultima Thule (plural ultima Thules)

  1. A place beyond the borders of the known world.
  2. Name (written with a maiuscle "U" in "Ultima") of the fictional planet which serves as the main setting for the Space: 1999 episode "Death's Other Dominion", inhabited (and named, in reference to the legendary place) by Terrestrial astronauts stranded there, unknowingly to the others, during an expedition to Uranus.

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