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Definitions: Halcyon |
HalcyonAdjective1. Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere". 2. Joyful and carefree; "halcyon days of youth". 3. Marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Halcyon" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a kingfisher". |
Date "halcyon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
Synonyms: HalcyonSynonyms: golden (adj), prosperous (adj). (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Moderation | Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon. |
Pain | Palmy, halcyon, Saturnian. |
Peace | Adjective: pacific; peaceable, peaceful; calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon; bloodless; neutral. |
Pleasure | Honeymoon; palmy days, halcyon days; golden age, golden time; Dixie, Dixie's land; Saturnia regna, Arcadia, Shangri-La, happy valley, Agapemone. |
Prosperity | Palmy, halcyon; agreeable; couleur de rose. |
Luck; good luck, run of luck; sunshine; fair weather, fair wind; palmy days, bright days, halcyon days; piping times, tide, flood, high tide. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Halcyon |
| English words defined with "halcyon": Alcyon ♦ golden ♦ Halcyonian ♦ prosperous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "halcyon": 93420 ♦ Halcyon Days ♦ spamdex ♦ Weather. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "halcyon": Alcedo. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle. Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see, And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be -- Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his birth, With a record of unreason seldom paralleled on earth. While I looked he reared him solemnly, that incadescent youth, From the coals that he'd preferred to the advantages of truth. He cast his eyes about him and above him; then he wrote On a slab of thin asbestos what I venture here to quote -- For I read it in the rose-light of the everlasting glow: "Cloudy; variable winds, with local showers; cooler; snow." Halcyon Jones |
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| "Halcyon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "Halcyon" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.12% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.92% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 1.96% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Halcyon" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a kingfisher". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Halcyon." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Halcyon | Female | N/A | Alcyone |
| Alcyone | Female | Greek Mythology (Latinized) | N/A |
| Halcyone | Female | Greek Mythology (Latinized) | Alcyone |
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1. Halcyon, CA |
Expressions using "halcyon": halcyon days ♦ Halcyon sancta. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
halcyon | 183 |
halcyon day | 32 |
halcyon day enamel | 18 |
halcyon yarn | 18 |
sandal halcyon | 17 |
halcyon hot springs | 12 |
hosta halcyon | 9 |
halcyon water bed | 8 |
halcyon house | 7 |
halcyon patio furniture | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "halcyon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri paqësor, i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled). (various references) | |
Arabic | القاوند طائر (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), тих (airless, breathless, calm, canny, dreamy, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), мирен (amicable, law abiding, peaceable, peaceful, pi, piping, quiet, restful, still), ледениче, богат (abounding, bounteous, fat, full, generous, heavy, high, lordly, luxuriant, mellow, moneyed, opulent, plenteous, podded, pregnant, princely, prodigal, profuse, prolific, rank, rich, silk stocking, slap up, substantial, wanton, wealthy, well heeled, well off, well-fixed). (various references) | |
Chinese | 太平 (Taiping). (various references) | |
Czech | klidný (calm, collected, composed, cool, easy, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, smooth, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed). (various references) | |
Dutch | ijsvogel, ýsvogel (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Esperanto | alciono (kingfisher), alcedo (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Farsi | مرغ افسانه ای که دریاراارام میکند, ایام خوب گذشته , روزارام . (various references) | |
French | martin-pêcheur, alcyon. (various references) | |
German | Eisvogel (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Greek | γαλήνιοσ (calm, placid, serene, tranquil), αλκυών (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Hungarian | jégmadár (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Icelandic | ísfugl (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Italian | felice (felicitous, fortunate, glad, good, happy, joyful, lucky, pleased), calmo (calm, composed, cool, equal, even tempered, passionless, peaceable, quiet, sedate, serene, settled, silent, silently, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited), alcione (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Manx | aalican (fine weather, great calm). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alcyonhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alcíone (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Romanian | liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled). (various references) | |
Russian | тихий (mild, mild-mannered, quiet, silent, soft-spoken, still, stilly, untroubled), зимородок (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vodomar (kingfisher), tih (douce, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, stealthy, still, stilly), miran (calm, composed, douce, orderly, peaceful, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil). (various references) | |
Spanish | quieto (calm, quiescent, quiet, still), martín pescador (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Swedish | stilla (allay, appease, calm, compose, gentle, lull, pacific, pacify, peaceful, quell, quiescent, quite, salve, satisfy, silent, silently, still, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillize), fridfull (peaceful, placid, serene, tranquil). (various references) | |
Thai | เงียบสงบ (sedate), นกเทพย"าที่เชื่อว่ามีอำนาจทำให้ทะเลและคลื่นสงบไ"้. (various references) | |
Turkish | yalıçapkını (kingfisher, loughing jackass, wood kingfisher), sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), iskele kuşu (kingfisher), emircik (kingfisher), durgun (airless, bovine, calm, depressed, ditch water, ditchwater, flat, in the doldrums, inactive, languid, lifeless, placid, quiescent, quiet, serene, settled, slack, sleepy, stagnant, standing, static, still, stock-still, tranquil, unruffled, untroubled, windless), dingin (calm, equal, hushed, inert, passive, quiet, static). (various references) | |
Ukranian | спокійний (balanced, calm, canny, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, deft, easeful, even-minded, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, restful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled), зимородок (kingfisher). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thanh bình (quietly), êm ả (calmly). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | alcedo, alcyon. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "halcyon": halcyons. (additional references) | |
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"Halcyon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aglycone, alcyon, halcion, halcon, Halcro, haldyn, Halkci, Halkon, halycon, halycyon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "halcyon" (pronounced ha"lsēun) |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, agrarian, alien, amphibian, arcadian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, Campion, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, champion, circadian, Clarion, collodion, comedian, contrarian, criterion, custodian, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, nonsectarian, oblivion, obsidian, octogenarian, Odeon, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, scorpion, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, utopian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-l-n-o-y" | |
-1 letter: lochan. | |
-2 letters: coaly, cyano, loach, lynch, nacho. | |
-3 letters: achy, acyl, ahoy, calo, chao, chay, chon, clan, clay, clon, cloy, coal, cola, coly, cony, cyan, halo, holy, hoya, hyla, lacy, loan, loca, loch, only. | |
-4 letters: any, can, cay, col, con, coy, hao, hay, hon, hoy, lac, lay, nah, nay, noh, oca, yah, yon. | |
-5 letters: ah, al, an, ay, ha, ho, la, lo, na, no, oh, on, oy, ya, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-l-n-o-y" | |
+1 letter: halcyons. | |
+3 letters: chalcedony, inchoately, melancholy, phonically, synchronal. | |
+4 letters: bronchially, chancellory, chronically, collenchyma, cyclohexane, hedonically, hypocentral, lycanthrope, lycanthropy, nonphysical, sycophantly, unscholarly. | |
+5 letters: cartoonishly, chlorenchyma, collenchymas, conchoidally, cyclohexanes, cytochalasin, euphonically, harmonically, hydronically, hypnotically, inchoatively, isochronally, lycanthropes, lycanthropic, nonchalantly, phenotypical, phonemically, phonetically, synchronical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6C 63 79 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-.. -.-. -.--. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101100 01100011 01111001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a l c y o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006C 0063 0079 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42677869918180 |
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