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Synonyms
phoe·nix,
also phe·nix (fḗnĭks)

[Middle English fenix, from Old English, from Old French, both from Medieval Latin fēnix, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix.]

noun 

  1. Mythology A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.
  2. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon.
  3. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
Phoenix

 

The capital and largest city of Arizona, in the south-central part of the state northwest of Tucson. Settled c. 1868, it became territorial capital in 1889 and state capital in 1912. The city is noted as a winter and health resort.