From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hyperborean \Hy'per*bo"re*an\, adjective [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.
2. Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere.
The hyperborean or frozen sea. --C. Butler (1633).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hyperborean \Hy'per*bo"re*an\, noun
1. (Greek Myth.) One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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