Phoenix - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfiːnɪks|
Brit.
|ˈfiːnɪks|
noun
- the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
- a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
- 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
- a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
- a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
- 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
- a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
Extra examples
He is visiting a client in Phoenix.
So we hopped a bus to Phoenix that night.
He outfitted in Phoenix, getting the best all-wool ready-made suit in Arizona.
Word forms
noun
singular: phoenix
plural: phoenixes
singular: phoenix
plural: phoenixes
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