Phoenix : (noun)
1: the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a
former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural
center thanks to irrigation [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]
4: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and
Sculptor [syn: Phoenix]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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
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