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