Phoenix

**Phoenix** (pronounce: "FEE-niks") most often refers to:
* Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes
* Phoenix, Arizona, a large city in the United States
* Phoenix (spacecraft), a spacecraft that landed in the north polar region of Mars

**Phoenix** may also refer to:

## Arts, literature, entertainment 
### Comics 
* Phoenix (comics), a fictional cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics universe, and the associated characters:
** "Phoenix", alias of Marvel Comics character Jean Grey
** "Phoenix", alias of Marvel Comics character Rachel Grey
* *Phoenix* (manga), a manga by Osamu Tezuka (original Japanese title: *Hi no Tori*)
* Phoenix Ikki, a character from the manga *Saint Seiya*

### Movies 
* *Phoenix* (movie), a 1998 movie starring  Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston
* *The Flight of the Phoenix*, a 1964 novel, 1965 movie, and 2004 remake
* *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (movie), the fifth movie based on the Harry Potter book series
* The name assigned by the Nazis to the Stealth bomber airplane in the 1993 movie, *The Philadelphia Experiment II*

### Television 
* *Phoenix* (TV series), a 1992-1993 Australian police drama
* *The Phoenix* (2004 TV series), an MBC Korean drama starring Eric Mun
* *The Phoenix* (1982 TV series), a short-lived American science fiction series starring Judson Scott
* Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong based television broadcaster
* Phoenix (German TV station), a German publicly-funded television station
* *Phoenix* (Star Trek), the name of two fictional spacecraft in the *Star Trek* universe
* Phoenix Foundation, a non-profit think tank and government contractor from TV-series *MacGyver*. Later in the series the employer of the eponymous title character.
* Phoenix Organization, a semi-scientific, semi-occult group conducting research into near-death experiences in the television series *John Doe*
* Phoenix Nights, a British sitcom
* The Phoenix is the fifth Daedalus class battlecruiser in the television series Stargate Atlantis
* Phoenix (American Gladiator) Character on the television show American Gladiators.

### Literature 
* *The Phoenix*, a 1999 play written by Morgan Spurlock
* *de Ave Phoenice*, a poem attributed to Lactantius
* *The Phoenix* (novel), a 2000 German historical novel by Henning Boëtius
* *The Phoenix on the Sword*, a Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard.
* *The Phoenix and the Turtle*, an enigmatic poem by William Shakespeare
* *Phoenix* (novel), a fantasy novel by Stephen Brust
* *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, a 2003 novel by J.K. Rowling
* *David and the Phoenix*, children's book by Edward Ormondroyd
* *The Phoenix* (play), a 1603-4 play by Thomas Middleton
* *The Phoenix Nest*, a 1593 anthology of poetry with numerous noted contributors

### Magazines and journals 
* *The Phoenix* (art journal), edited by James Cooney and Henry Miller
* *The Phoenix* (magazine), an Irish news and satire magazine
* *Phoenix* (classics journal), a Canadian classics journal
* *Phoenix* (literary magazine), a Russian samizdat journal published by Yuri Galanskov
* *Phoenix* (Austrian magazine) a neo-Nazi Austrian magazine

### Newspapers 
* *The Phoenix* (newspaper), a collective name of alternative weekly newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and Portland, Maine
* *Loyola Phoenix*, a newspaper of Loyola University Chicago
* *The Phoenix*, a student newspaper of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
* *The Phoenix*, a student conservative journal of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana

### Music 
* Phoenix Metropolitan Men's Chorus, a singing ensemble representing Phoenix's gay and lesbian population
* Phoenix (band), a French pop/rock band
* Crippled Black Phoenix, A British post-rock band
* Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian band
* Phoenix Radio, a Greek internet radio station
* *Phoenix* (Grand Funk Railroad album), a 1972 album by Grand Funk Railroad
* *Phoenix* (Labelle album), a 1975 album by Labelle
* *Phoenix* (Dan Fogelberg album), a 1980 album by Dan Fogelberg
* *The Days of the Phoenix EP*, a 2001 album by AFI, and also a song on that album
* *Phoenix* (Pink Turns Blue album), a 2005 album by Pink Turns Blue
* *The Phoenix* (Lyfe Jennings album), a 2006 album by Lyfe Jennings
* *Phoenix* (Agathodaimon album), a 2008 album by Agathodaimon
* *Phoenix* (Asia album), a 2008 album by Asia
* *Phoenix* (Zebrahead album), a 2008 album by Zebrahead
* "Phoenix", a song on the 1970 Wishbone Ash album *Wishbone Ash*
* "Phoenix", a song on the 1997 Daft Punk album *Homework*
* "Phoenix", a song on the 2000 Stratovarius album *Infinite*
* "Phoenix", a song on the 2004 The Prodigy album *Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned*
* "Phoenix" (Decoded Feedback song), a song on the 2003 Decoded Feedback *Shockwave (album)*
* "The Phoenix Effect", a song on the 2007 Delta-S album *Voyage to Isis*

### Sports 
* Phoenix Champ Car Grand Prix, a car race in downtown Phoenix, Arizona
* Phoenix Coyotes, an NHL hockey team based in Phoenix, Arizona
* Phoenix Finance, attempted to enter Formula 1 in 2002, after buying some of the assets of the defunct Prost team.
* Phoenix Suns, an NBA basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona
* Phoenix Mercury, a WNBA basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona
* Phoenix International Raceway, a race track in Phoenix, Arizona
* Elon Phoenix, the intercollegiate athletic teams for Elon University
* Manchester Phoenix, a British ice hockey club playing in the Elite Ice Hockey League
* Wellington Phoenix FC, a football (soccer) club from New Zealand which plays in the Australian A-League
* Yorkshire Phoenix, the name for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in one-day games
* Phoenix Baia Mare, a football club in Romania
* Phoenix Racing, a NASCAR team owned by James Finch
* **Phoenix**, a sports festival organised by the Recreation Committee of The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India
* University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) Phoenix
* Phoenix Cricket Club, a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland
* Melbourne Phoenix, an Australian national netball team based in Melbourne, Australia

### Video and arcade games 
* Phoenix, character in the *F-Zero* video games
* *Phoenix* (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game
* Phoenix Wright, title character of a lawyer simulation visual novel game
* Fenix (*StarCraft*), a hero from *Starcraft*
* Marcus Fenix, the main character *Gears of War*
* Phoenix, a fast muscle car in the Grand Theft Auto series
* Phoenix International, fictional corporation in *James Bond 007: Nightfire*

## Astronomy and space exploration 
* Phoenix (constellation), a minor southern constellation
* Phoenix Dwarf, a small galaxy
* Phoenix (spacecraft), a NASA mission to Mars, launched in 2007
* EADS Phoenix, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle
* Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals

## Biology 
* Phoenix (plant), genus of trees within the palm family Arecaceae (including the Date Palm)
* Phoenix (chicken), a breed of chicken from Japan

## Companies 
* Phoenix AG, an industrial company based in Hamburg, Germany producing industrial rubber-based products
* Phoenix Motorcars, a California-based company that focuses on developing electric vehicles
* Phoenix Natural Gas, a utility company in Northern Ireland
* Phoenix Pharmahandel, a pharmaceutical company based in Mannheim, Germany
* Phoenix Venture Holdings, a British company
* Phoenix (automobile), a defunct British automobile company

## Computing 
* Phoenix (compiler framework), a framework from Microsoft
* Phoenix Object Basic, a software-based objective programming language
* Phoenix (computer), an IBM mainframe at Cambridge University
* Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer
* Mozilla Firefox, a web browser that was previously known as Phoenix

## Maritime (civil) ships and boats 
* *Phoenix* (boat), steamship built 1806-07, the first steamboat to sail the open ocean
* *Phoenix* (ship) or *Phenix*, a whaling vessel based in Nantucket (1821-1858), discoverer of Winslow Reef
* *Phoenix* (of London), nineteenth century whaling vessel based in London and active in the Pacific in the 1820s, discoverer of Phoenix Island (Rawaki)
* USS *Phoenix* (1861) whaler of New London, sunk in the Stone Fleet, 1861
* *Phoenix* of New Bedford, whaler
* *Phoenix* (Moore), Captain Hugh Moore.  British East India ship, wintered in the Columbia River in 1794
* *Phoenix* (Alaska) the first ship built in the Russian colony of Alaska (1794-1799)
* *Sao Jao y Fenix*, also known as *Fenis and St. Joseph*, a 50-foot open boat involved in the Vancouver Expedition
* *Phoenix* (tall ship), of Dell Quay

## Military, naval and air forces 
### Ships 
* HMS *Phoenix*, the name of fifteen ships in the Royal Navy
* USS *Phoenix*, the name of several ships in United States Navy

### Others 
* AIM-54 Phoenix, a long-range air-to-air missile
* HMT-302 - United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as the Phoenix.
* Phoenix breakwaters, components of a Mulberry harbour
* Phoenix Program, CIA program in Vietnam to neutralize the noncombatant infrastructure of Viet Cong (VCI) cadres
* Phoenix (UAV), an unmanned air vehicle operated by the Royal Artillery
* Project Phoenix (South Africa), the name of the South African National Defence Force programme to revive its Reserve Force

## Mythology 
* Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes. 
* Fenghuang, the Asian phoenix. 
* Phoenix (Myrmidon), a character in the *Iliad* who serves under Achilles as one of his commanders; or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Cadmus and Europa 
* Phoenix (son of Agenor)

## People 
* Beth Phoenix, a professional wrestler
* Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), American actor
* Lauren Phoenix (born 1979), Canadian pornographic actress
* Lena Phoenix, author
* River Phoenix (1970–1993), American actor
* "Phoenix", the handle of Nahshon Even-Chaim (born 1971), convicted Australian computer hacker
* "The Phoenix", an alias for professional wrestler Jody Fleisch (born 1980)
* "Phoenix", the stage name of Dave Farrell, bass guitarist in Linkin Park
* Simon Phoenix, a fictional character in the film *Demolition Man*

## Places 
* Phoenix, Mauritius, a town on Mauritius
* Phoenix Islands, a sparsely populated island chain in Kiribati
* Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland
* Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto
* Phoenix Cinema, the oldest continuously-running cinema in London

In the **United States**:
* Phoenix, Arizona
* Phoenix, Illinois
* Phoenix, Maryland
* Phoenix, Michigan
* Phoenix, New York
* Phoenix, Oregon
* Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
* Phenix City, Alabama (*note spelling*)

## Other uses 
* Phénix, a prototype fast breeder nuclear reactor in France
* Phoenix Patrol Challenge, the national scoutcraft competition of Scouting Ireland
* Phoenix Project, a Virginia-based nonprofit
* Greek phoenix, first modern Greek currency
* Order of the Phoenix (Greek order), a modern Greek order
* Bristol Phoenix, a diesel-powered aircraft engine
* Phoenix (roller coaster), a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania
* Phoenix LRT Station, a Singaporean Light-rail (LRT) station operated by SMRT
* University of Phoenix, a university in the United States of America
* Phoenix Lights, one of the most witnessed UFO sightings ever
* *La Fenice* or "The Phoenix", a famous opera house in Venice, Italy
* Phoenix codes, police radio shorthand
* Chrysler Phoenix engine, an upcoming V6 engines family planned at Chrysler for 2010
* Pontiac Phoenix, American automobile
* The Phoenix Sorority, New York City Fellowship organization for young women
* PHOENIX Pharmahandel, a German pharmaceutical company.