[hahy-per-bawr-ee-uh
n, -bohr-, -buh-ree-] 
| 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. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans. |
| 4. | (lowercase) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region. |
| Hy·per·bo·re·an (hī'pər-bôr'ē-ən, -bōr'-, -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.
[From Latin Hyperboreus, from Hyperboreī, the Hyperboreans, from Greek Huperboreoi : huper-, hyper- + boreios, northern, or Boreās, the north wind, the north.] |