hyperborean Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (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

WordNet

Hy`per*bo"re*an adjective
Etymology
L. hyperboreus, Gr. over, beyond + . See Boreas.
Definitions
  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).
Hy`per*bo"re*an noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913