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Definition of Phoenix
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: State Capital
Group relationships: Arizona, Az, Grand Canyon State
2. Noun. A large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Arecaceae, Family Arecaceae, Family Palmaceae, Family Palmae, Palm Family, Palmaceae, Palmae
3. 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.
4. Noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
Definition of Phoenix
1. Proper noun. (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology ¹
2. Proper noun. (constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana. ¹
3. Proper noun. (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 ¹
4. Proper noun. The capital city of Arizona, United States. ¹
5. Proper noun. A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II. ¹
6. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of (Phoenix)) ¹
7. Noun. (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. ¹
8. Noun. (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile. ¹
9. Noun. (alternative form of phenix) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phoenix
1. a mythical bird [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Phoenix
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1. Same as Phenix.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoenix
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