hyperborean landscape
- noun
- /haɪˈpɜrˌbɔrɪən ˈlændskeɪp/
- Literature
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paisaje hiperbóreo
- The expedition trekked across the hyperborean landscape, braving snowstorms and subzero temperatures.
Examples
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Photographers were drawn to the eerie light and stark beauty of the hyperborean landscape.
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A sense of endless isolation hung over the hyperborean landscape stretching beyond the icebound horizon.
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What a harsh hyperborean landscape this is!
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The hyperborean landscape was breathtakingly beautiful.
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The expedition trekked across the hyperborean landscape, braving snowstorms and subzero temperatures.
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Photographers were drawn to the eerie light and stark beauty of the hyperborean landscape.
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A sense of endless isolation hung over the hyperborean landscape stretching beyond the icebound horizon.
Synonyms
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6.6
A flat Arctic area with no trees and ground that stays frozen
Antonyms
How Cold
- Literature
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- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines the adjective 'hyperborean' (related to very cold, northern regions) with 'landscape' (an expanse of land), so its meaning is directly compositional and can be derived from the constituents. Although 'hyperborean' is low-frequency, a learner who knows that adjective will readily infer it describes an extremely cold/Arctic landscape.
Etymology
The phrase hyperborean landscape comes from an old Greek idea of hyperborean people who lived beyond the 'north wind' in a very distant, cold land. So hyperborean landscape now means 'an extremely cold or icy landscape'.