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. The capital city of Arizona, United States and the county seat of Maricopa County.
   2. A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
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

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• (astronomy): Phoenicis

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Phoenix m

1. (astronomy) Phoenix

• Phœnix

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

• (Classical) 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