All Definitions for Phoenix
Below are all the dictionary definitions of phoenix:
1A 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.
2Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
3A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies
4A fenghuang.
5To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
6A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
7A marvelous person or thing.
8The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
9A mythical firebird
10Especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
11A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
12A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.
13A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
14A place name:
15A surname.
16A male given name.
17A female given name.
18A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
19A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
20A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.
21A number of places in the United States:
22A number of places in Canada:
23A community in Clearwater County, Alberta.
24A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
25A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
26A number of places in Turkey:
27A port town of ancient Lycia, in modern Antalya Province, Turkey
28Modern Finike.
29A town of ancient Caria, near modern-day Taşlıca Marmaris district, Muğla Province, Turkey.
30A number of places in Greece:
31A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Sfakia, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece
32Modern Loutro.
33A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Agios Vasileios, Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece
34Modern Foinikas.
35An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
36A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
37An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
38An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
39An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
40An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
41A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
42A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
43A village in Oswego County, New York.
44A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
45Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”). [(mythology) A mythical firebird
46Especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.]
About antonyms for phoenix
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