HYPERBOREAN


Meaning of HYPERBOREAN in English

[ ˌhʌɪpəbɔ:'ri:ən , -'bɔ:rɪən ]

literary

■ noun

1》 an inhabitant of the extreme north.

2》 ( Hyperborean ) Greek Mythology a member of a race worshipping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine beyond the north wind.

■ adjective relating to the extreme north.

Origin

ME: from late L. ~us , from Gk huperboreos , from huper 'beyond' + boreas 'north wind'.

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