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hyperborean

[hahy-per-bawr-ee-uhn, -bohr-, -buh-ree-] / ˌhaɪ pərˈbɔr i ən, -ˈboʊr-, -bəˈri- /


ADJECTIVE
northern
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Photograph: Apic/Getty In Barry Lopez's haunting, poetic book about the hyperborean realms, Arctic Dreams, there's a magnificent story about an Inuit family who are washed out to the seas on a calved iceberg.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2013

It is not merely Western and among Indians, it is hyperborean and among Esquimaux.

From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Julian Ralph

The light hung over the hyperborean landscape as if loath to leave.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

Then, with the last week of the old year, winter swept westerly on hyperborean winds, and when these were passed a tremendous frost won upon the world.

From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts

The Teutons are a wintry race and often take their summer joys in a hard, hyperborean fashion.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Stuart Oliver Henry


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