How to pronounce hyperborean
American English pronunciation
hy-per-BOR-ee-un
- IPA
- /ˌhaɪpɚˈbɔɹi.ən/
- Syllables
- hy · per · BOR · ee · un (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What hyperborean means
Of or from the far north of the world
In a sentence: The explorers crossed a hyperborean land of ice where the sun barely rose.
Where it comes from: It comes through Latin from Greek words meaning beyond the north. In Greek myths, the Hyperboreans lived beyond the north wind.
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