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.

Exact synonyms: Capital Of Arizona
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.

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.
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

4. Noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
Generic synonyms: Constellation

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

1. 1. Same as Phenix. 2. A genus of palms including the date tree. Origin: L, a fabulous bird. See Phenix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoenix

phocodontia
phocomeli
phocomelias
phocomelic dwarfism
phocomelus
phodopus
phoebe
phoebe bird
phoebes
phoebus
phoebuses
phoenicochroite
phoenicochroites
phoenicopterus
phoenix (current term)
phoenix tree
phoenixes
phoenixlike
phoetal
phoeti
phoetus
phoetuses
phogrin
phoh
phohs
pholad
pholadean
pholades
pholads

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