Phoenix vs. Phenix
Difference Between Phoenix and Phenix
Phoenixnoun
(mythology) A 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.
Phenixnoun
archaic spelling of phoenix
Phoenixnoun
(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.
Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.Phoenixnoun
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
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(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
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the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation
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a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
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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
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a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
