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Meaning of halcyon

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  halcyon
      adj 1: idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy
             tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
      2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
         days of the clipper trade" [syn: {golden}, {halcyon},
         {prosperous}]
      n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
           [syn: {Alcyone}, {Halcyon}]
      2: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the
         Old World [syn: {Halcyon}, {genus Halcyon}]
      3: a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter
         solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power
         of calming the winds and waves

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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