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phe·nix
(fē′nĭks)n.
Variant of phoenix.
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phenix
(ˈfiːnɪks)n
(Classical Myth & Legend) a US spelling of phoenix
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phoe•nix
(ˈfi nɪks)n.
1. (sometimes cap.) a fabulous bird that after a life of five or six centuries immolates itself on a pyre and rises from the ashes to begin a new cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope.
2. a person or thing that has been restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English fenix < Latin phoenīx < Greek phoînīx]
Phoe•nix
(ˈfi nɪks)n.
the capital of Arizona, in the central part. 1,159,014.
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