Meaning of PHOENIX
Pronunciation: | | 'feeniks
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- [n] the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation
- [n] a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
- [n] a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years
- [n] a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
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| Synonyms: | | capital of Arizona, genus Phoenix |
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| See Also: | | Arecaceae, Arizona, AZ, constellation, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, Grand Canyon State, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, mythical being, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae, state capital | |
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| Definition: | | Phoenix Description not available. more details ... |
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| Definition: | | \Ph[oe]"nix\, n. [L., a fabulous bird. See {Phenix}.]
1. Same as {Phenix}. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
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| Definition: | | Seeing a phoenix in your dream, symbolizes immortality and renewal. It may also mean that your past continues to haunt you. |
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