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1. halcyon
   calm and peaceful 
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2. halcyon
   [adj] - idyllically calm and peaceful 2. [adj] - joyful and carefree
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3. Halcyon
   Hal'cy·on (hăl'sĭ*ŏn) noun [ Latin halcyon , alcyon , Greek 'alkyw`n , 'alkyw`n : confer French halcyon .] (Zoology) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus incl...
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4. 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...
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5. halcyon
   <ornithology> 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) ... Origin: ...
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6. halcyon
   adjective idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; `a halcyon atmosphere`
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7. Halcyon
   genus Halcyon noun a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
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8. Halcyon
   • (a.) Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. • (n.) 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. • (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the...
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9. Halcyon
   Halcyon is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Mythical Bird, Controlled Sea Storms` Where is it used? The name Halcyon is mainly used In Other languages.How do they say it elsewhere? Alcyone ( In Greek Mythology (Latinized) )See also In Greek Mythology (Latinized) : Halcyone The name Ha...
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10. Halcyon
    The Halcyon was a British first-class gunboat of 1070 tons launched in 1894. There have been ships in the British navy bearing the name Halcyon since 1803.
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11. Halcyon
    Halcyon was an old or poetical name of the kingfisher. It was fabled to lay its eggs in nests that floated on the sea, about the winter solstice, and to have the power of charming the winds and waves during the period of incubation, so that the weather was then calm; whence the term, halcyon days.
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12. Halcyon
    A `halcyon` () is a mythical bird—often identified as a kingfisher—said to breed in a floating nest at sea during the winter solstice, during which time it charms the wind and waves into calm. The term originates from the Greek myth of Alcyone. In popular use, it can also mean to harke...
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13. Halcyon
    (console) The `Halcyon` was a home video game console released in January of 1985 by RDI Video Systems. The initial retail price for the system was USD$2500, and it featured a laserdisc player and attached computer, each the size of an early-model VCR. Only two games were released for the sys...
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14. Halcyon
    (Orbital song) "`Halcyon`" is a song written and performed by Orbital. The song features a backmasked vocal sample by Kirsty Hawkshaw from "It`s a Fine Day" by Opus III (1992) (Hawkshaw played the mother who was `under the influence` in the video, which was shot in the Har...
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15. Halcyon
    (role-playing game) `Halcyon` is an indie role-playing game, independently published by Neuwerld Studios among two editions. The Player Codex was released in 2008 in softcover format, replaced in 2010 by the illustrated Core Rulebook in hardcover format. Synopsis : The setting o...
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16. Halcyon
    (genus) `Halcyon` is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the family Halcyonidae. The following is the list of species: However, other sources, including Fry & Fry, lump the genera Pelargopsis, Syma and Todirhamphus into Halcyon to ma...
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17. Halcyon
    (dialogue) `Halcyon` () is a short dialogue in which Socrates relates the ancient myth of the Halcyon (a woman transformed into a bird forever searching the seas in lament) to Chaerephon. It has the distinction of being attributed in the manuscripts to both Plato and Lucian, but the wo...
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18. Halcyon
    (Best Of) `Halcyon (Best of)` is a compilation album by the British electronica duo Orbital featuring a selection of singles from their career together, it was released in 2005. The album: Though the group`s "official" greatest hits album Work 1989-2002 had been released 3 ye...
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19. Halcyon
    (Delphic song) | Upper caption = | Type = Single | Cover = | Lower caption = --> --> "`Halcyon`" is the fourth single by British alternative dance band Delphic, and is the sixth track on their debut album Acolyte. The single reached #143 in the UK singles chart. Advertising: The son...
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20. Halcyon
    (book) `Halcyon`, (Italian: Alcyone) is the title of a collection of 88 poems by Italian poet Gabriele d`Annunzio, written between 1899 and 1903, and published in 1903. It was intended as the third volume of a seven-book work called Laudi del cielo, del mare, della terra e de...
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