Meaning of HYPERBOREAN
| Pronunciation: | | `hIpur'bowreeun
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| | Definition: | | [n] (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 wind |
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| | Definition: | | Hyperborean
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\Hy`per*bo"re*an\, a. [L. hyperboreus, Gr. ?; "ype`r
over, beyond + ?. See {Boreas}.]
1. (Greek Myth.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the
North wind, or to its inhabitants.
2. Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very
far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a
hyperborean coast or atmosphere.
The hyperborean or frozen sea. --C. Butler
(1633).
\Hy`per*bo"re*an\, n.
1. (Greek Myth.) One of the people who lived beyond the North
wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
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