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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   the land of sunshine and plenty, beyond the northern wind, home to the hyperboreans, a race of giants Greek
2. 2
   The extreme north of the Earth; an area in a northerly region.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), i.e. ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”).

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