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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

Here the stars poise and smoulder close to the earth, and the moon is brighter than the sun of hyperborean England.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

Then the real difficulty of the Straits will be faced, and probably—as Russia has overcome the difficulties of the Baltic—so will the Canadian Northwest overcome the difficulties of this hyperborean sea.

From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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

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

According to his mellow descriptions, the equator has a decided advantage over these dull, temperate, hyperborean regions.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various




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