Hyperborean
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
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an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.
adjective
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of or relating to the Hyperboreans.
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(lowercase) of, relating to, or living in a far northern region.
noun
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Greek myth one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land
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an inhabitant of the extreme north
adjective
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(sometimes not capital) of or relating to the extreme north
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of or relating to the Hyperboreans
Etymology
Origin of Hyperborean
< Latin hyperbore ( us ) < Greek hyperbóreos beyond the north wind, northern, polar ( hyper- hyper- + boréas the north, the north wind) + -an; Boreas
Example Sentences
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In the remotest North, so far away it was at the back of the North Wind, was a blissful land where the Hyperboreans lived.
From Literature
A Hyperborean wouldn’t be scared senseless up here, or worried about getting down.
From New York Times
Clarisse must’ve lost a fight with a Hyperborean giant, because she and her chariot were frozen in a block of ice.
From Literature
Six decades before Arthur Conan Doyle killed the mad commander of the Pole-Star, another writer sent a captain sailing northward, full of hope and Hyperborean convictions:
From The New Yorker
Hyperborean giants kept appearing in the strangest places.
From Literature
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