Hyperborean (redirected from Hyperboreans)

Hy·per·bo·re·an  (hpr-bôr-n, -br-, -b-rn)

n. Greek Mythology

One of a people known to the ancient Greeks from the earliest times, living in a perpetually warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the Hyperboreans.

2. hyperborean

a. Of or relating to the far north; Arctic.

b. Very cold; frigid.

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[From Latin Hyperboreus, from Hyperbore, the Hyperboreans, from Greek Huperboreoi : huper-, hyper- + boreios, northern, or Bores, the north wind, the north.]

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Hyperborean [ˌhaɪpəˈbɔːrɪən]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land

2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) an inhabitant of the extreme north

adj

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (sometimes not capital) of or relating to the extreme north

2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) of or relating to the Hyperboreans

[from Latin hyperboreus, from Greek huperboreos, from hyper- + Boreas the north wind]

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Hyperborean - (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 Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks