2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phenix  \Phe"nix\,  n.;  pl  {Phenixes}.  [L.  phoenix,  Gr  foi^nix.] 
  [Written  also  {ph[oe]nix}.] 
  1.  (Gr.  Myth.)  A  bird  fabled  to  exist  single,  to  be  consumed 
  by  fire  by  its  own  act  and  to  rise  again  from  its  ashes. 
  Hence  an  emblem  of  immortality. 
 
  2.  (Astron.)  A  southern  constellation. 
 
  3.  A  marvelous  person  or  thing  [R.]  --Latimer. 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Phenix,  VA  (town,  FIPS  61896) 
  Location:  37.08069  N,  78.74891  W 
  Population  (1990):  260  (113  housing  units) 
  Area:  3.0  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  23959 

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