1. Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
   "a halcyon atmosphere" 
2. Marked by peace and prosperity
   "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
   - golden, prosperous

1. 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

1. A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
   - genus Halcyon 
2. (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
   - Alcyone

Derived forms: halcyons

See also: happy, peaceable, peaceful

Type of: bird genus, mythical being

Part of: Alcedinidae, family Alcedinidae

Encyclopedia: Halcyon Halcyon, CA Halcyon, California

• Melchite
• meld
• Meleagrididae
• Meleagris
• Meleagris gallopavo
• melee
• melena
• Meles
• Meles meles
• Melia
• Melia Azadirachta
• Melia azedarach
• Melia azederach
• Meliaceae
• Melicocca
• Melicocca bijuga
• Melicocca bijugatus
• Melicoccus
• Melicytus
• melilot
• melilotus
• Melilotus alba
• Melilotus officinalis
• Melina Mercouri
• Melinae