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phoenix
/ˈfinɪks/
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What does phoenix mean?
noun
- 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.
- A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
More meanings (32)
noun
- A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
- A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
- A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.
- (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
- (obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
verb
- To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
proper noun
- A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
- A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
- A companion of Achilles to the Trojan War in the Iliad, son of Amyntor and father of Adonis.
- A son of Agenor and Telephassa, brother of Europa and Cadmus, eponym of Phoenicia.
- A port town of ancient Lycia, in modern Antalya Province, Turkey; modern Finike.
- A town of ancient Caria, near modern-day Taşlıca Marmaris district, Muğla Province, Turkey.
- A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Sfakia, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece; modern Loutro.
- A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Agios Vasileios, Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece; modern Foinikas.
- The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
- A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
- A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- A village in the town of Schroeppel, Oswego County, New York.
- A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
- A community in Clearwater County, Alberta.
- A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
- A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- A female given name.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfinɪks/
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Do you not see all around you that success is ever the phoenix rising from the ashes of defeat?
From our ashes springs the phoenix of celestial hope, out of the freedom comes a higher realisation of manhood.
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Whereupon it made this threne To the phoenix and the dove, Co-supremes and stars of love, As chorus to their tragic scene.
The past surprise made way for active resentment, despair inspired courage, and the German freedom rose, like a phoenix, from the ashes of Magdeburg.
To see a road inundated with clear water, foretells that pleasure will wipe out misfortune for a time, but it will rise, phoenix like, again.