Phoenix

Phoenix

The capital and largest city of Arizona, in the south-central part of the state northwest of Tucson. Settled c. 1868, it became territorial capital in 1889 and state capital in 1912. The city is noted as a winter and health resort. Population: 1,510,000.

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phoe·nix also phe·nix  (fnks)

n.

1. Mythology A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.

2. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon.

3. Phoenix A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.

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[Middle English fenix, from Old English from Old French, both from Medieval Latin fnix, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix.]

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phoenix

Noun

a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years [Greek phoinix]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Phoenix - 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 capital of Arizona Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ - a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
	2.	phoenix - a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa genus Phoenix liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
	3.	phoenix - 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 mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
	4.	Phoenix - a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

Translations

phoenix

n phoenix [ˈfiːniks]

a mythological bird that burns itself and is born again from its own ashes. feniks عَنْقاء، طائِر خُرافي феникс fénix fugl Føniks der Phönix φοίνικας (μυθικό πουλί) fénix fööniks ققنوس feenikslintu phénix פֶּנִיקס एक अमर पक्षी feniks (mitska ptica) főnix burung funiks fönix fenice 不死身 피닉스, 불사조 feniksas fēnikss burung phoenix feniks fugl Føniks feniks fénix phoenix феникс fénix feniks feniks fågel Fenix นกฟินิกซ์ anka (kuşu) 鳳凰 фенікс سيمرغ، ققنس، ايک خيالي پرندہ chim phượng hoàng 凤凰