phoenix
IPA: fˈinɪks
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.
- (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
- (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
- (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
- (obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
- (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
- (astronomy) 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.
- A place name:
- The capital city of Arizona, United States and the county seat of Maricopa County.
- A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
- (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
- A surname.
- A male given name
- A female given name
verb
- (Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
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Examples of "phoenix" in Sentences
- The phoenix is the leader of birds.
- The mascot of the PSB is the phoenix.
- The egg hatches, revealing the phoenix.
- The group's logo is the mythological phoenix.
- The phoenix represents boundless selfless love.
- The children go to the theatre with the phoenix.
- Phoenix is rumored to be dabbling in the culinary arts.
- The interior walls of the phoenix are covered in graffiti.
- The poem also alludes to the mythological bird called the Phoenix.
- After the Phoenix arose, the enraged Moo and the Phoenix destroyed each other.
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