halcyon

  • (s) idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
    • a halcyon atmosphere
  • (s) marked by peace and prosperity
    • a golden era
    • the halcyon days of the clipper trade
    golden, prosperous,

Nouns

  • (n) (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher Alcyone,
  • (n) a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World genus Halcyon,
  • (n) 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

Synonyms

Alcyone golden prosperous genus Halcyon

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