phoenix
Meaning of phoenix
noun
- 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.
- Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
- A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
- A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
Information about phoenix
- It is a name.
- The plural form of phoenix is: phoenixes.
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Hyphenation of phoenix
phoenix
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- phoenix is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
phoenix synonyms
Meaning Phoenix:
Words that rhyme with phoenix
Chenix, Phenix, chenix, phenix, Englerophoenix, Phoenix, Pseudophoenix, xenix
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