Alcyone

American  

[al-sahy-uh-nee] / ælˈsaɪ əˌni /

noun

1. a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.

2. Classical Mythology. Also Halcyon Halcyone a daughter of Aeolus who, with her husband, Ceyx, was transformed into a kingfisher.

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Alcyone ¹ British  

/ ælˈsaɪənɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Halcyone.  the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher See also Ceyx

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Alcyone ² British  

/ ælˈsaɪənɪ /

noun

1. the brightest star system in the Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus

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Example Sentences

His wife Alcyone was also of high descent; she was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds.

From Literature

Something they had in common is that they were all alumni of the Alcyone course, an intensive six-day workshop designed by the Alisons in partnership with the police.

From The Guardian

Its latest production, the Baroque opera “Alcyone,” hasn’t been performed in Paris in 246 years — and the new version includes avant-garde staging, and even acrobats.

From New York Times

“The African American in the United States was the oppressed figure, and this was to demonstrate the consistent evil of the West,” says Alcyone Scott, one of King’s translators on the Berlin trip.

From Washington Post

The idea came to Garces when he and his team were eating at a winery in Uruguay that produces the aromatic Alcyone Tannat.

From Washington Post