hyperborean

Meanings

Noun

• One of a race of people in Greek mythology living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.
• Any person living in a northern country, or to the north.

Adjective

• Pertaining to the extreme north of the earth, or (usually jocular) to a specific northern country or area.

Origin

• Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with classical Latin hyperboreus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος, composed of ὑπέρ + βόρειος. See also Ὑπερβόρεοι.