HYPERBOREAN


Meaning of HYPERBOREAN in English

/huy'peuhr bawr"ee euhn, -bohr"-, -beuh ree"-/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. 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.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.

4. ( l.c. ) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.

[ hyperbore ( us ) hyperbóreos beyond the north wind, northern, polar ( hyper- HYPER- + boréas the north, the north wind) + -AN; see BOREAS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .