Phoenix
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From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix), Φοῖνιξ (Phoinix) from Egyptian Fnkhw (“Syrian people”). Signifies "mythical bird," also "the date" (fruit and tree), also "Phoenician," literally "purple-red," perhaps a foreign word, or from phoinos (“blood-red”). Exact relation and order of the senses in Greek is unclear.
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Phoenix
- (botany) A botanical name at the rank of genus - the date palms
- (zoology) A genus of butterfly in the family Sphingidae
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From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix), Φοῖνιξ (Phoinix)
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Phoenix
- (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
- The capital city of Arizona, United States.
- A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
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mythical firebird
constellation
capital city of Arizona, United States
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Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix), Φοῖνιξ (Phoinix)
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Phoenīx (genitive Phoenīcis); m, third declension
- (Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.
