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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\ (h[a^]l"s[i^]*[o^]n), noun [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr. "alkyw'n, 'alkyw'n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zo["o]l.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher ({Halcyon sancta}) of Australia.
Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halcyon \Hal"cy*on\, adjective
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. ''Deep, halcyon repose.'' --De Quincy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
halcyon
adjective
1: idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade" [syn: {golden}, {prosperous}]
noun
1: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher [syn: {Alcyone}]
2: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World [syn: {genus Halcyon}]
3: 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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "halcyon": Saturnian, at peace, at rest, balmy, bloodless, blooming, blossoming, booming, bright, calm, clear, cloistered, concordant, cool, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, exuberant, fair, fat, flourishing, flowering, fruiting, going strong, hushed, idyllic, impassive, in full swing, in good case, isolated, mild, moldering, orderly, pacific, palmy, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid, prospering, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, rosy, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, sleek, smooth, soft, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, sunny, thriving, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, vigorous, waning
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Halcyon, CA Zip code(s): 93420
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