thule

English Thesaurus

1. the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region,
definition	:	a demarcated area of the Earth (noun.location)

2. a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	town,
definition	:	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location)

part meronym	:	greenland, gronland, kalaallit nunaat,
definition	:	the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark (noun.location)