hyperborean

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hʌɪ.pəˈbɔː.ɹɪən/
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• General-American: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈboɹ.i.jɪn/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY2 P ER0 B AO1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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).

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: северен (severen) — pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth
• French: hyperboréen — pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth
• Norwegian Bokmål: hyperboreisk — pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth
• Portuguese: hiperbóreo — pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth
• Swedish: hyperboreisk — pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth
• French: Hyperboréen — (Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north
• Ancient Greek: Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi) — (Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north
• Hindi: हाइपरबोरियन (hāiparboriyan) — (Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north
• Norwegian Bokmål: hyperboreer — (Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north
• Portuguese: hiperbóreo — (Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north
• Swedish: hyperboré — (Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north