# Phoenix
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird”).

### Proper noun

Phoenix f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – date palms.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus in Arecaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Arecales – order; Arecaceae – family; Coryphoideae - subfamily; Phoeniceae - tribe

#### Hyponyms

* (genus in Arecaceae): Phoenix dactylifera - type species; for other species see Phoenix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### References

* Phoenix (palm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoenix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Phoenix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînĭx).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiːnɪks/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːnɪks

### Proper noun

Phoenix
* (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
* (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
* (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.
* A place name:
** A number of places in Turkey:
*** A port town of ancient Lycia; a today Finike in Antalya
*** A town of ancient Caria; a near modern-day Taşlıca in Marmaris district, Muğla
** A number of places in Greece:
*** A port town of ancient Crete; a today Loutro in Sfakia, Chania
*** A port town of ancient Crete; a today Foinikas in Agios Vasileios, Rethymno
** A number of places in the United States:
*** The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.
*** An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
*** A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
*** An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
*** An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
*** An unincorporated community in Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
*** An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
*** A neighbourhood of Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
*** A neighborhood of Sayreville borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
*** A village in Oswego County, New York.
*** A city in Jackson County, Oregon.
** A number of places in Canada:
*** A community of Clearwater County, Alberta.
*** A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
** A town north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
* (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
* A surname.
* A male given name.
* A female given name.

#### Derived terms

* Phoenix Park

#### Related terms

* (astronomy): Phoenicis
* (capital city of Arizona, United States): Phoenician

### Noun

Phoenix
* A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
* A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
* A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.

#### References

* Phoenix (chicken) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoenix (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoenix (grape) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Phoenix m
* (astronomy) Phoenix

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Phœnix

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînĭx).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpʰoe̯.niːks/, [ˈpʰoe̯niːks̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfe.niks/, [ˈfɛːniks]

### Proper noun

Phoenīx m sg (genitive Phoenīcis); third declension
* (Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.
* (New Latin) Phoenix (the capital city of Arizona, United States).

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* Phoenīcia
* phoenīx

### References

* “Phoenix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Phoenix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Phoenix f
* Phoenix (a city, the state capital of Arizona, United States)

## Spanish
### Proper noun

Phoenix f
* Phoenix