halcyons

Meaning of halcyons

plural noun
  1. a mythical bird said by ancient writers to breed in a nest floating at sea at the winter solstice, charming the wind and waves into calm.
  2. a tropical Asian and African kingfisher with brightly coloured plumage.

late Middle English (in the mythological sense): via Latin from Greek alkuōn ‘kingfisher’ (also halkuōn, by association with hals ‘sea’ and kuōn ‘conceiving’).

Information about halcyons

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of halcyons is: halcyon.
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Hyphenation of halcyons

hal-cyons

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • halcyons is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of halcyons

synochal

Words that rhyme with halcyons

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