[ˈfiːnɪks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a southern constellation (the Phoenix), west of Grus


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Origin:
Latin. Phoenicis is the Latin genitive form of Phoenix

[ˈfiːnɪks], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Phoenix
(e.g: the star Delta Phoenicis)


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin. Phoenicis is the Latin genitive form of Phoenix

[ˈfiːnɪks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the state capital of Arizona; population 1,567,924 (est. 2008). Its dry climate makes it a popular winter resort


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[ˈfiːnɪks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle


Phrases:
- rise like a phoenix from the ashes

Origin:
from Old French fenix, via Latin from Greek phoinix ‘Phoenician, reddish purple, or phoenix’. The relationship between the Greek senses is obscure: it could not be ‘the Phoenician bird’ because the legend centres on the temple at Heliopolis in Egypt, where the phoenix is said to have burnt itself on the altar. Perhaps the basic sense is ‘purple’, symbolic of fire and possibly the primary sense of Phoenicia as the purple land (or land of the sunrise)