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Phoenix
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phoenix Phönix phœnix Phœnix
Translingual
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Etymology
mul :bor la:phoenīx<id:bird>
From mul la phoenīx, from mul grc φοῖνῐξ the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird. mul Q1043.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Arecaceae date palms
Hypernyms
genus in Arecaceae ; Coryphoideae subfamily subfamily; Phoeniceae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus in Arecaceae Phoenix dactylifera species (date palm) type species; Phoenix acaulis species, Phoenix atlantica species, Phoenix caespitosa species, Phoenix canariensis species, Phoenix lallani species, Phoenix loureiroi species, Phoenix paludosa species, Phoenix pusilla species, Phoenix reclinata species, Phoenix roebelenii species, Phoenix rupicola species, Phoenix sylvestris species, Phoenix theophrasti species other species
References
Q27685 1
mul Palm trees
English
Etymology
en :bor la:phoenīx<id:bird> la:Phoenīx
From en la phoenīx, la Phoenīx, from en grc φοῖνῐξ, grc Φοῖνῐξ.
The British surname is a respelled variant of en Fenwicks (pronounced /fɛnɪks/).en https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-57988?rskey=ULWdiZ&result=58001 Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.) 2022
Pronunciation
en /ˈfiːnɪks/
en En-uk-Phoenix.ogg UK
en en-us-Phoenix.ogg US
en iːnɪks 2
Proper noun
en mythology A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
en constellation A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
en Greek mythology The name of two male characters in Greek mythology:
en Q1061747 A companion of Achilles to the Trojan War in the Iliad, son of Amyntor and father of Adonis.
en Q1145956 A son of Agenor and Telephassa, brother of Europa and Cadmus, eponym of Phoenicia.
A place name:
en number of places c/Turkey:
en port town of ancient r/Lycia in modern p/Antalya c/Turkey Finike.
en town of ancient r/Caria near modern-day Taşlıca dist/Marmaris p/Muğla c/Turkey.
en number of places c/Greece:
en port town of ancient isl/Crete in the modern mun:pref/Sfakia runit/Chania r/Crete c/Greece Loutro.
en port town of ancient isl/Crete in the modern mun:pref/Agios Vasileios runit/Rethymno r/Crete c/Greece Foinikas.
en number of places c/USA:
en Q16556 en The <<capital city>> of <<s/Arizona>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Maricopa County>>. TopoZone: Phoenix, Arizona
en-GB Another WNBA game disrupted by sex toy thrown on court in Chicago w:The Guardian 2025-08-08 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/08/sex-toy-thrown-wnba-game-atlanta-dream-chicago-sky 0261-3077 A man was arrested Saturday in College Park, Georgia, after he was accused of throwing a sex toy on to the court during the Dream’s 29 July game with the Golden State Valkyries, according to a police report. The report said he threw another sex toy during the Dream’s game on Friday against the Phoenix Mercury. Another man in Phoenix was arrested after police say he threw a sex toy in the crowd at a Mercury game on Tuesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017230130/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/08/sex-toy-thrown-wnba-game-atlanta-dream-chicago-sky 17 October 2026
en ucomm co/Putnam County s/Georgia.
en village twp:Suf/Thornton co/Cook County s/Illinois.
en ucomm co/Plaquemines Parish s/Louisiana.
en ucomm co/Baltimore County s/Maryland.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Houghton co/Keweenaw County s/Michigan.
en ucomm co/Yazoo County s/Mississippi.
en neighbourhood twp:Suf/Edison co/Middlesex County s/New Jersey.
en neighborhood bor/Sayreville co/Middlesex County s/New Jersey.
en village town:pref/Schroeppel co/Oswego County s/New York. TopoZone: Phoenix, New York
en city co/Jackson County s/Oregon.
en number of places c/Canada:
en community co/Clearwater County p/Alberta.
en ghost town rdist/Kootenay Boundary p/British Columbia.
en town north-west of city/Durban p/KwaZulu-Natal c/South Africa.
en as "the Phoenix" A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
en surname en.
en male.
en female.
Derived terms
en Phoenix Park
en Phoenixville
Related terms
astronomy en Phoenicis
capital city of Arizona, United States en Phoenician
Noun
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A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata species.
en phoenix
A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.
Translations
mythical firebird
Bengali: bn ফিনিক্স পাখি finiks pākhi, bn ফিনিক্স finiks
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 不死鳥, cmn 菲尼克斯 fēiníkèsī, cmn 凤凰 fenhuang
Czech: cs Fénix m
Danish: da Føniks c
Dutch: nl feniks, nl Phoenix
Middle Dutch: dum veniks
Faroese: fo Føniks m
Finnish: fi feeniks
French: fr phénix m, fr phœnix m
Georgian: ka ფენიქსი
German: de Phönix m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Φοῖνιξ
Hindi: hi फीनिक्स
Hungarian: hu főnix
Icelandic: is Fönix m
Irish: ga Féinics m
Japanese: ja 不死鳥 Fushichō, ja 鳳凰 hōō, ja フェニックス fenikkusu
Korean: ko 불사조 bulsajo
Marathi: mr फीनिक्स
Norwegian: no føniks m
Polish: pl Feniks m
Portuguese: pt Fénix f Portugal, pt Fênix f Brazil
Russian: ru Фе́никс m
Slovak: sk Fénix m
Spanish: es Fénix
Swedish: sv Fenix
constellation
Afrikaans: af Feniks
Czech: cs Fénix m, cs souhvězdí Fénixe n
Danish: da Føniks
Esperanto: eo Fenikso
Faroese: fo Føniks m
Finnish: fi Feeniks
French: fr Phénix m
Georgian: ka ფენიქსი
German: de Phönix m
Icelandic: is Fönix m
Irish: ga Féinics m an Féinics
Japanese: ja 鳳凰座 Hōōza, ja ほうおう座 Hōōza
Kazakh: kk Феникс
Malay: ms Feniks
Polish: pl Feniks m
Portuguese: pt Fénix f Portugal, pt Fênix f Brazil
Russian: ru Фе́никс m
Spanish: es Phoenix
Swahili: sw Zoraki
Swedish: sv Fenix
male characters in Greek mythology
French:
Middle French: frm Phœnice Phoenīx m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Φοῖνιξ m
Latin: la Phoenīx m
capital city of Arizona, United States
Amharic: am ፊኒክስ
Arabic: ar فينيكس fīnīks
Bengali: bn ফিনিক্স finiks
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 鳳凰城 fung6 wong4 sing6, yue 斐匿 fei1 nik6 dated
Mandarin: cmn 鳳凰城 Fènghuángchéng, cmn 菲尼克斯 Fēiníkèsī
Danish: da Phoenix
Dutch: nl Phoenix n
French: fr Phoenix
Georgian: ka ფინიქსი
German: de Phoenix
Greek: el Φοίνιξ
Hindi: hi फ़ीनिक्स
Inuktitut: iu ᐲᓂᒃᔅ
Irish: ga Féinics m
Japanese: ja フェニックス Fenikkusu
Korean: ko ^피닉스
Latin: la Phoenix m
Latvian: lv Fīniksa
Lithuanian: lt Finiksas
Marathi: mr फीनिक्स
Navajo: nv Hoozdo
Norwegian: no Phoenix
Polish: pl Phoenix n
Portuguese: pt Phoenix f
Russian: ru Фи́никс m
Scots: sco Phoenix
Spanish: es Phoenix m, es Fénix m
Swedish: sv Phoenix
Turkish: tr Phoenix
nickname for Japan
French: fr Phénix
Polish: pl Feniks m
References
Phoenix (chicken)
Phoenix (moth)
Phoenix (grape)
en unisex given names
en Geometrid moths
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Phoenix.ogg
Proper noun
m
nl constellation en Phoenix
Latin
Alternative forms
la Phœnix
Etymology
la Phoenīx :bor grc:Φοῖνῐξ + 1
Pronunciation
Phoenīx
Noun
Phoenīx<3> m
Phoenician (inhabitant of Phoenicia)
Declension
Phoenīx<3.both>
Adjective
Phoenīx<+.-I>
Phoenician
la Phoenīcius
Declension
Phoenīx<+.-I>
Proper noun
Phoenīx<3> m
la Greek mythology la Phoenix Q1061747 1
la Greek mythology la Phoenix Q1145956 1
la New Latin la capital city s/Arizona c/US Phoenix
Declension
Phoenīx<3>
Descendants
frm Phœnice<id:Phoenīx><g:m>
References
Phœnīx, īcis
Phoenix, īcis Phoenix1
Phoenīces, um, m. and sing. Phoenix s.v. Phoenīcē, ēs, f. Phoenice1
la exonyms
Portuguese
pt:+ (Arizona)
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Phoenix + fênix
Pronunciation
fínix
Proper noun
f
pt Phoenix Q16556
Spanish
Proper noun
f
en Phoenix