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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
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
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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