/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 ]