Usually means: Mythical bird that regenerates, rebirths.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. Phoenix, phoenix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Phoenix, phoenix: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. phoenix: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Phoenix, phoenix: Vocabulary.com
  5. Phoenix, phoenix: Wordnik
  6. phoenix: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. phoenix: Wiktionary
  8. phoenix: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Phoenix, phoenix (phenix): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. phoenix: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. phoenix: Dictionary.com
  12. phoenix: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  14. Phoenix: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. Phoenix: Rhymezone
  16. Phoenix: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. phoenix: Free Dictionary
  18. phoenix: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Phoenix: Dictionary/thesaurus
  20. Phoenix: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  21. Phoenix, phoenix: Merriam-Webster.com
  22. Phoenix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Phoenix (disambiguation), The Phoenix (journal), The Phoenix, The Phoenix, phoenix: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Phoenix: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Phoenix (browser), Phoenix (disambiguation), Phoenix (web browser), Phoenix, The Phoenix (Swarthmore), The Phoenix (journal), The Phoenix, The Phoenix: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. phoenix: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. phoenix: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Phoenix, The Phoenix: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Extreme Martial Arts Glosary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

(Note: See phoenixlike as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (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.
noun:  (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
noun:  (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
noun:  (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
noun:  (obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
verb:  (Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
noun:  (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
noun:  (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
noun:  (Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A number of places in Turkey:
noun:  A port town of ancient Lycia; today Finike in Antalya
noun:  A town of ancient Caria; near modern-day Taşlıca in Marmaris district, Muğla
noun:  A number of places in Greece:
noun:  A port town of ancient Crete; today Loutro in Sfakia, Chania
noun:  A port town of ancient Crete; today Foinikas in Agios Vasileios, Rethymno
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
noun:  A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
noun:  A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
noun:  A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
noun:  A village in Oswego County, New York.
noun:  A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
noun:  A number of places in Canada:
noun:  A community of Clearwater County, Alberta.
noun:  A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
noun:  A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
noun:  (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A male given name
noun:  A female given name

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