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  • 11Hyperborean cycle — The Hyperborean cycle is a series of short stories by Clark Ashton Smith that take place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea (present day Greenland[citation needed]). Various elements in Smith s cycle have been borrowed by H. P.… …

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  • 12hyperborean — I. noun Etymology: Latin Hyperborei (plural), from Greek Hyperboreoi, from hyper + Boreas Date: 15th century 1. often capitalized a member of a people held by the ancient Greeks to live beyond the north wind in a region of perpetual sunshine 2.… …

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  • 13hyperborean — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, algid, antarctic, antipodean, arctic, austral, back of beyond, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp …

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  • 14Hyperborean — hy·per·bo·re·an || ‚haɪpÉ™(r) bɔːrɪːən n. member of a people who live in a country located beyond the north wind where there is perpetual sunshine and plenty (Greek Mythology) adj. (Greek Mythology) of the Hyperboreans (people who… …

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  • 15hyperborean — adj. of or pertaining to extreme north regions; of or pertaining to people living in the arctic n. person who lives in the extreme north regions (such as the Arctic) …

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  • 16hyperborean — a. 1. Most northern, far north. 2. Very cold, boreal, wintry, hyemal, brumal, frosty, icy, frigid …

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  • 17hyperborean — hy·per·bo·re·an …

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  • 18Hyperborean — /haɪpəˈbɔriən/ (say huypuh bawreeuhn) noun 1. Greek Legend one of a people supposedly living in a land of perpetual sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind. –adjective 2. of the Hyperboreans. {Late Latin Hyperboreānus, in Latin Hyperboreus,… …

  • 19hyperborean —   a.,n. (dweller) in extreme north or cold …

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  • 20Abaris the Hyperborean — Abaris redirects here. For the Baroque opera see Les Boréades Abaris the Hyperborean (Greek: gr. Ἄβαρις Ὑπερβόρειος, Abaris Hyperboreios ), son of Seuthes, was a legendary sage, healer, and priest of Apollo known to the Ancient Greeks. He was… …

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