Hyperborean

Hy·per·bo·re·an

H0357000 (hī′pər-bôr′ē-ən, -bə-rē′ən)n. Greek Mythology One of a people known to the ancient Greeks from the earliest times, living in a perpetually warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind.adj.1. Of or relating to the Hyperboreans.2. hyperboreana. Of or relating to the far north; Arctic.b. Very cold; frigid.

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[From Latin Hyperboreus, from Hyperboreī, the Hyperboreans, from Greek Huperboreoi : huper-, hyper- + boreios, northern, or Boreās, the north wind, the north.]

Hyperborean

(ˌhaɪpəˈbɔːrɪən) n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land2. (Classical Myth & Legend) an inhabitant of the extreme northadj3. (Classical Myth & Legend) (sometimes not capital) of or relating to the extreme north4. (Classical Myth & Legend) of or relating to the Hyperboreans[C16: from Latin hyperboreus, from Greek huperboreos, from hyper- + Boreas the north wind]

Hy•per•bo•re•an

(ˌhaɪ pərˈbɔr i ən, -ˈboʊr-, -bəˈri-)

n. 1. a member of a people of ancient Greek legend reputed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind. 2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans. 4. (l.c.) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region; arctic. [1590–1600; < Latin hyperbore(us) (< Greek hyperbóreos Hyperborean =hyper- hyper- + -boreos, adj. derivative of boréas the north wind) + -an¹; see Boreas]

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Hyperborean - (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north windGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks