halcyon

Adjective

• marked by peace and prosperity
  • a golden era
    
  • the halcyon days of the clipper trade
    

• idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
  • a halcyon atmosphere
    

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

• a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World

• (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  golden , prosperous , Halcyon , genus Halcyon , Alcyone