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HYPERBOREAN

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• HYPERBOREAN (noun)
The noun HYPERBOREAN has 1 sense:

1. (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

Familiarity information: HYPERBOREAN used as a noun is very rare.

• HYPERBOREAN (noun)

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Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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