phoenix

IPA: fˈinɪks

(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

Examples of "phoenix" in Sentences