halcyon
hal
ˈhÃĻl
hāl
cyon
siən
siēn
/hˈÃĻlsÉĒən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "halcyon"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻžāĻ›āϰāĻžāĻ™āĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ

a genus of large, brightly colored kingfishers commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In Sri Lanka, the halcyon is a familiar sight along forested streams.
āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϞāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ›āϰāĻžāĻ™āĻž āĻŦāύāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āύāĻĻā§€āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧌āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ…āϝāĻŧāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧀ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ…āϝāĻŧāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧀ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇

a mythical bird that nests on the sea during the winter solstice and possesses the magical ability to calm storms and winds
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ancient poets described the halcyon's nest floating peacefully on the ocean waves.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĸ⧇āωāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϞāϏāĻŋāĻ“āύāĻŋ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ

a woman who, after tragedy, was transformed into a kingfisher by the gods in Greek mythology, symbolizing love and peace
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gods, moved by Halcyon's grief, turned her into a kingfisher to reunite her with Ceyx.
āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ-āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻĢāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āϏ⧁āĻ–ā§€

full of calmness, happiness, and prosperity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their marriage was filled with halcyon moments of peace and contentment.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤ⧃āĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϰ halcyon āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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