Phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix, “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – date palms.

• (genus in Arecaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Arecales – order; Arecaceae – family; Coryphoideae - subfamily; Phoeniceae - tribe

• (genus in Arecaceae): Phoenix dactylifera - type species; for other species see Phoenix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Phoenix (palm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoenix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phoenix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːnɪks/

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• Rhymes: -iːnɪks

Phoenix

1. (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
2. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
3. (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.
4. A place name:
   1. A number of places in Turkey:
      1. A port town of ancient Lycia; today Finike in Antalya
      2. A town of ancient Caria; near modern-day Taşlıca in Marmaris district, Muğla
   2. A number of places in Greece:
      1. A port town of ancient Crete; today Loutro in Sfakia, Chania
      2. A port town of ancient Crete; today Foinikas in Agios Vasileios, Rethymno
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
      2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
      3. A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
      4. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
      5. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
      6. An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
      7. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
      8. A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
      9. A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
      10. A village in Oswego County, New York.
      11. A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
   4. A number of places in Canada:
      1. A community of Clearwater County, Alberta.
      2. A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
   5. A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
5. (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
6. A surname.
7. A male given name
8. A female given name

• Phoenix Park

• (astronomy): Phoenicis
• (capital city of Arizona, United States): Phoenician

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Phoenix m

1. (astronomy) Phoenix

• Phœnix

From Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.niːks/, [ˈpʰoe̯niːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.niks/, [ˈfɛːniks]

Phoenīx m sg (genitive Phoenīcis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.
2. (New Latin) Phoenix (the capital city of Arizona, United States).

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Phoenīcia
• phoenīx

• “Phoenix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phoenix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Phoenix f

1. Phoenix (a city, the state capital of Arizona, United States)

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1. Phoenix