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Translingual

Etymology
From L. Phoenix, either "the mythical bird" or "a Phoenician"

Proper noun
wikipedia|Phoenix (plant)
Phoenix

1. botany: A botanical name at the rank of genus - the date palms
2. zoology: A genus of butterfly in the family Sphingidae

English
wikipedia

Etymology
From L. phoenix#Latin|phoenīx < AGr. polytonic|�ο�νιξ (phoinix)/polytonic|Φο�νιξ (Phoinix).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�fi�nɪks/
audio|En-uk-Phoenix.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-Phoenix.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. mythology A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology
2. constellation A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
3. greekmyth A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus
4. The capital city of Arizona, United States.
5. A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.

Translations
trans-top|mythical firebird
Finnish: feeniks
French: phénix m, ph�nix m
German: Phönix m
Greek, Ancient: Φοινιξ
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Norwegian: føniks m
Russian: Феник�
Spanish: Fénix
Swedish: Fenix
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trans-top|constellation
Finnish: Feeniks
French: Phénix m
German: Phönix m
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Russian: Феник�
Spanish: Phoenix
Swedish: Fenix
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trans-top|capital city of Arizona, United States
French: Phoenix
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Norwegian: Phoenix
Swedish: Phoenix
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trans-top|nickname for Japan
French: Phénix (nickname for Japan)
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Latin

Alternative spellings
Ph�nix

Adjective
la-adj-3rd-1E|Phoenīx|Phoenicis|Phoenīcis

1. Phoenician

Inflection
la-decl-3rd-1E-PAR|Phoenix|Phoenīx|Phoenic|Phoenīc

Proper noun
Phoenīx

1. context|greekmyth|lang=la A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.

Related terms
Phoenicia

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