PHOENIX

Phoenix, capital of Arizona

(noun) the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation

Phoenix

(noun) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

phoenix

(noun) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years

phoenix, genus Phoenix

(noun) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

phoenix (plural phoenix or phoenixes or phoenices)

(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.

(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.

Etymology

Proper noun

Phoenix

(mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.

(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.

(Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.

(placename) The capital city of Arizona, USA and the county seat of Maricopa County.

(as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.

A surname.

A male given name

A female given name

Source: Wiktionary

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Phoe"nix, n. Etym: [L., a fabulous bird. See Phenix.]

1. Same as Phenix. Shak.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of palms including the date tree.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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