hyperborean

noun /hʌɪ.pəˈbɔː.ɹɪən/

1. One of a race of people living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.

   The Hyperboreans venerated Apollo over the other gods.

2. Any person living in a northern country, or to the north.

Where it comes from

From Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with Classical Latin hyperboreus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), composed of ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”). By surface analysis, nearly hyper- + boreal. See also Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hyperborean (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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