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单词 hyperborean
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Hy•per•bo•re•an  (hī′pər bôr′ē ən, -bōr′-, -bə rē′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
  2. Language Varietiesan inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

adj. 
  1. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.
  2. (l.c.) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.
  • Greek hyperbóreos beyond the north wind, northern, polar (hyper- hyper- + boréas the north, the north wind) + -an; see Boreas
  • Latin hyperbore(us)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Hyperborean /ˌhaɪpəˈbɔːrɪən/ n
  1. one of a people believed to have lived beyond the North Wind in a sunny land
  2. an inhabitant of the extreme north
 adj
  1. (sometimes not capital) of or relating to the extreme north
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin hyperboreus, from Greek huperboreos, from hyper- + Boreas the north wind
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