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Hyperborean
[ hahy-per-bawr-ee-uhn, -bohr-, -buh-ree- ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.
adjective
- of or relating to the Hyperboreans.
- (lowercase) of, relating to, or living in a far northern region.
Hyperborean
/ ˌhaɪpəˈbɔːrɪən /
noun
- Greek myth one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land
- an inhabitant of the extreme north
adjective
- sometimes not capital of or relating to the extreme north
- of or relating to the Hyperboreans
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Origin of Hyperborean1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hyperborean1
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Example Sentences
The other Hyperborean races do not widely differ in character and physical appearance from those already described.
Like many nations of the Hyperborean group, the Chorotegans of Nicoya pierced the lower lip and inserted a round piece of bone.
His favorite place of abode was in the Hyperborean Mountains, from whence he sallied forth on wild raids.
This last some represent as a Lycian, others as an Hyperborean: and by many he was esteemed an Egyptian.
It was like some Hyperborean hell, and we the doomed wretches sentenced to our eternity of toil.
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