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Source: gcide
Hyperborean \Hy`per*bo"re*an\, a. [L. hyperboreus, Gr. ?; "ype`r
over, beyond + ?. See {Boreas}.]

1. (Greek Myth.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the
North wind, or to its inhabitants.

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2. Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very
far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a
hyperborean coast or atmosphere.

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The hyperborean or frozen sea. --C. Butler
(1633).

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Source: gcide
Hyperborean \Hy`per*bo"re*an\, n.
1. (Greek Myth.) One of the people who lived beyond the North
wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.

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2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.

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