Ultima (disambiguation)

Ultima may refer to:
* "Ultima" (video game series).
* Baroque chess, known in the northeastern region of the United States as "Ultima"
* Ultima Thule in medieval geographies may denote any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world."
* Ultima Sports Ltd, a manufacturer of sports cars based in England
* "Bless Me, Ultima" is a novel by Rudolfo Anaya with a character called Ultima
* Ultima, Victoria, a town in Australia
* Kyosho Ultima, a radio-controlled car made by Kyosho
* Ultima (sports drink), a powder-based sports drink high in electrolytes.

In Classical Latin, "ultima" is the superlative form of the adjective "ulter, ultra, ultrum" (respectively masculine, feminine, and neuter singular forms) whose comparative form is "ulterior" for the masculine and feminine genders, and "ulterius" for the neuter. As a superlative, it denotes very great distance in translation, as in being on the "farthest" point or place of something, said often of geographically remote lands. The opposite of "ultimus, ultima, ultimum" is "proximus, proxima, proximum."

Etymologically, ultimus is probably not related to the past participle of "ulciscor" (take vengeance on), "ultus" (avenged).