[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halcyon \hal"cyon\ ha^l"si^o^n, n. l. halcyon,
   alcyon, gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. f. halcyon. zool.
   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.
   1913 webster

         amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
         as halcyons brooding on a winter sea.    --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
halcyon sancta 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halcyon \hal"cyon\, a.
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "deep,
      halcyon repose." --de quincy.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

halcyon
     adj 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
     n 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
see also:
golden prosperous alcyone genus halcyon 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

halcyon, ca
  zip codes: 93420

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