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Hyperborean

hy·per·bo·rean

UK/hʌɪ.pəˈbɔː.ɹɪən/ US/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈboɹ.i.jɪn/ uncommon

noun

1.

(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

Origin

From Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with Classical Latin hyperboreus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), composed of ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”). By surface analysis, nearly hyper- + boreal. See also Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi).

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