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halcyon

British pronunciation/hˈælsɪən/
American pronunciation/ˈhæɫsiən/
Halcyon
[NOUN]
1

a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World

synonyms : genus Halcyon
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2

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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3

(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

synonyms : Alcyone
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1

full of calmness, happiness, and prosperity

synonyms : golden
prosperous
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Examples
1I mean, halcyon days.
2The early 1990s was this halcyon period of globalization.
3The state of Push to Talk has suffered since those halcyon days of mobile.
4This is The Cook of the Halcyon.
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