phoenix

Meanings

1. A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
2. Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
3. A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
4. A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
5. A marvelous person or thing.
6. Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”).

1. To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability

1. A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
2. A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
3. 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. A place name:
5. A number of places in Turkey:
6. A port town of ancient Lycia, in modern Antalya Province, Turkey; modern Finike.
7. A town of ancient Caria, near modern-day Taşlıca Marmaris district, Muğla Province, Turkey.
8. A number of places in Greece:
9. A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Sfakia, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece; modern Loutro.
10. A port town of ancient Crete, in the modern municipality of Agios Vasileios, Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece; modern Foinikas.
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. The capital city of Arizona, and the county seat of Maricopa County.

1. A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
2. A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
3. A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.

Etymology

From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian b-n:nw*w-G31 (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of Bennu. The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.