English-Thai Dictionary
hyperborean
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HYPERBOREAN
a.[L. hyperboreus; Gr. beyond, and the north. ] 1. Northern; belonging to or inhabiting a region very far north; most northern.
2. Very cold; frigid.
HYPERBOREAN
n.An inhabitant of the most northern region of the earth. The ancients gave this denomination to the people and places to the northward of the Scythians, people and regions of which they had little or no knowledge. The Hyperboreans then are the Laplanders, the Samoiedes, and the Russians near the White Sea.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HYPERBOREAN
Hy `per *bo "re *an, a. Etym: [L. hyperboreus, Gr. Boreas. ]
1. (Greek Myth. )
Defn: Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.
2. 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 ).
HYPERBOREAN
HYPERBOREAN Hy `per *bo "re *an, n.
1. (Greek Myth. )
Defn: One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hyperborean
hy per bo re an |ˌhīpərˈbôrēən, -bəˈrēən ˌhaɪpərˈbɔriən | literary ▶noun an inhabitant of the extreme north. • ( Hyperborean ) Greek Mythology a member of a race worshiping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind. ▶adjective of or relating to the extreme north. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin hyperboreanus, from Greek huperboreos, from huper ‘beyond ’ + boreas ‘north wind. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hyperborean
hyperborean |ˌhʌɪpəbɔːˈriːən, -ˈbɔːrɪən | literary ▶noun an inhabitant of the extreme north. • ( Hyperborean ) Greek Mythology a member of a people worshipping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind. ▶adjective relating to the extreme north. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin hyperboreanus, from Greek huperboreos, from huper ‘beyond ’ + boreas ‘north wind ’.
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