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halcyon::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | golden, prosperous |
the halcyon days of the clipper trade.
halcyon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | genus halcyon |
| Type of | bird genus |
halcyon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | alcyone |
halcyon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
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| Type of | mythical being |
halcyon::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a halcyon atmosphere.
Examples of halcyon
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Her home is a shrine both to his work and to her halcyon years as his assistant.
From the timesunion.com
Be it the halcyon years of BlackBerry dominance or the early days of the iPhone.
From the techland.time.com
In those places, sharp declines are feeding fears that the halcyon days are over.
From the time.com
If physicists are to be believed, those halcyon days could soon be coming back.
From the newscientist.com
Yet, since those halcyon days, the flubs and near disasters have gotten worse.
From the washingtontimes.com
After all, how could it match last year's sweltering and halcyon 40th anniversary?
From the independent.co.uk
But those halcyon days of dodgy money-making with no questions asked are over.
From the economist.com
The Bush administration was hardly a halcyon era of silver-tongued happy talk.
From the economist.com
Out of compassion, the gods changed them both into halcyon birds, named after her.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Alcyone: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
- Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
- A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
- Golden: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
- 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
- Halcyon (Best of) is a compilation album by the British electronica duo Orbital featuring a selection of singles from their career together, it was released in 2005.
- "No Ordinary Morning" / "Halcyon" is a double A-side single by British electronic dance music artist Chicane. It was released as the fourth single from his second studio album, Behind the Sun on 10 July 2000. The single reached number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart.
- The Halcyon was a home video game console released in January of 1985 by RDI Video Systems. The initial retail price for the system was USD$2500, and it featured a laserdisc player and attached computer, each the size of an early-model VCR. ...
- Halcyon is a short dialogue in which Socrates relates the ancient myth of the Halcyon (a woman transformed into a bird forever searching the seas in lament) to Chaerephon. ...
