halcyon

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noun (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
noun a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
noun 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

Inherited from Middle English Alceoun, from Latin halcyōn, alcyōn (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).

Altogether, these were our halcyon days. — Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic, Herbert Quick
In fact, those will be halcyon days. — Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In fact, those will be halcyon days. — White nights, and other stories, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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