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Phoenix
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- 1 A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
- 2 A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
- 3 A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus. Greek
- 4 A place name:; A number of places in Turkey:; A port town of ancient Lycia, in modern Antalya Province, Turkey; modern Finike.
- 5 A place name:; A number of places in Turkey:; A town of ancient Caria, near modern-day Taşlıca Marmaris district, Muğla Province, Turkey.
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- 6 A place name:; A number of places in Greece:; A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Sfakia, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece; modern Loutro.
- 7 A place name:; A number of places in Greece:; A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Agios Vasileios, Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece; modern Foinikas.
- 8 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
"A man was arrested Saturday in College Park, Georgia, after he was accused of throwing a sex toy on to the court during the Dream’s 29 July game with the Golden State Valkyries, according to a police report. The report said he threw another sex toy during the Dream’s game on Friday against the Phoenix Mercury. […] Another man in Phoenix was arrested after police say he threw a sex toy in the crowd at a Mercury game on Tuesday."
- 9 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
- 10 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
- 11 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
- 12 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- 13 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
- 14 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
- 15 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- 16 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- 17 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Oswego County, New York.
- 18 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
- 19 A place name:; A number of places in Canada:; A community in Clearwater County, Alberta.
- 20 A place name:; A number of places in Canada:; A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
- 21 A place name:; A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- 22 A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
- 23 A surname.
- 24 A male given name.
- 25 A female given name.
- 1 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.
"burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood"
- 2 A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
- 3 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 wordnet
- 4 Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. figuratively
"Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes."
- 5 A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
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- 6 A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang. Chinese
- 7 A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.
- 8 A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta. historical
"The national currency, the phoenix, which had been established by Kapodistrias, was renamed after an ancient Greek coin, the drachma."
- 9 A marvelous person or thing. obsolete
"He may not be a phœnix of cleverness in your sense; his profession is different; but it would be all the better for you to talk a little on his subjects."
- 10 Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”). alt-of
- 1 To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability Australia
"Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades."
Etymology
From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.
From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.
From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînĭx).
From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînĭx).
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