HYPERBOREAN

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.

2.
a.

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).

3.
n.

One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.

4.
n.

An inhabitant of the most northern regions.

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