phoenix
see also: Phoenix
Pronunciation Noun
Phoenix
Pronunciation
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see also: Phoenix
Pronunciation Noun
phoenix
- (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.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 19:
- burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 19:
- (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.
- Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
- (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
- (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
- French: phénix
- German: Phönix
- Italian: fenice
- Portuguese: fênix (Brazil), fénix (Portugal)
- Russian: фе́никс
- Spanish: fénix
Phoenix
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfiːnɪks/
- (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
- (constellation) 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.
- (placename)
. - (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
- Surname
- A male given name
- A female given name
- (astronomy) Phoenicis
- French: phénix, phœnix
- German: Phönix
- Portuguese: Fénix (Portugal), Fênix (Brazil)
- Russian: Фе́никс
- Spanish: Fénix
- French: Phénix
- German: Phönix
- Portuguese: Fénix (Portugal), Fênix (Brazil)
- Russian: Фе́никс
- Spanish: Phoenix
- French: Phénix
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