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  5  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phoenix  \Ph[oe]"nix\,  n.  [L.,  a  fabulous  bird.  See  {Phenix}.] 
  1.  Same  as  {Phenix}.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  genus  of  palms  including  the  date  tree. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Phoenix 
  n  1:  the  state  capital  and  largest  city  of  Arizona  [syn:  {Phoenix}, 
  {capital  of  Arizona}] 
  2:  a  large  monocotyledonous  genus  of  pinnate-leaved  palms  found 
  in  Asia  and  Africa  [syn:  {Phoenix},  {genus  Phoenix}] 
  3:  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  [syn:  {Phoenix}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Phoenix,  AZ  (city,  FIPS  55000) 
  Location:  33.54255  N,  112.07140  W 
  Population  (1990):  983403  (422036  housing  units) 
  Area:  1087.6  sq  km  (land),  0.6  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  85003,  85004,  85006,  85007,  85008,  85009,  85012,  85013,  85014,  85015,  85016,  85017,  85018,  85019,  85020,  85021,  85022,  85023,  85024,  85028,  85029,  85031,  85032,  85033,  85034,  85035,  85037,  85039,  85040,  85041,  85043,  85044,  85051 
  Phoenix,  IL  (village,  FIPS  59572) 
  Location:  41.61235  N,  87.63047  W 
  Population  (1990):  2217  (776  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Phoenix,  NY  (village,  FIPS  57661) 
  Location:  43.23181  N,  76.29726  W 
  Population  (1990):  2435  (996  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.9  sq  km  (land),  0.3  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  13135 
  Phoenix,  OR  (city,  FIPS  57500) 
  Location:  42.27449  N,  122.81597  W 
  Population  (1990):  3239  (1425  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.4  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  97535 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PHOENIX,  n.  The  classical  prototype  of  the  modern  "small  hot  bird."




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