Hyperborean
[hahy-per-bawr-ee-uh n, -bohr-, -buh-ree-] /ˌhaɪ pərˈbɔr i ən, -ˈboʊr-, -bəˈri-/
noun
1.
Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2.
an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.
adjective
3.
of or relating to the Hyperboreans.
4.
(lowercase) of, relating to, or living in a far northern region.
/ˌhaɪpəˈbɔːrɪən/
noun
1.
(Greek myth) one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land
2.
an inhabitant of the extreme north
adjective
3.
(sometimes not capital) of or relating to the extreme north
4.
of or relating to the Hyperboreans
adj.
1590s, from Late Latin hyperboreanus, from Latin hyperboreus, from Greek hyperboreos “pertaining to the regions of the far north,” from hyper (see hyper-) + Boreas (see Boreal). The Hyperboreans were an imagined Arctic people believed by the ancients to be distinguished by piety and happiness. Middle English had iperborie “the far north of the Earth” (mid-15c.).
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