Phoenix

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Phoenix most often refers to:

Phoenix may also refer to:

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[edit] Arts, literature, entertainment

[edit] Comics

  • Phoenix (comics), a fictional cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics universe, and the associated characters:
  • Phoenix (manga), a manga by Osamu Tezuka (original Japanese title: Hi no Tori)
  • Phoenix Ikki, a character from the manga Saint Seiya

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[edit] Video and arcade games

[edit] Astronomy and space exploration

[edit] Biology

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[edit] Maritime (civil) ships and boats

  • Phoenix, a ship involved in the relief of the Protestant side in the Siege of Derry
  • Phoenix (boat), steamship built 1806-07, the first steamboat to sail the open ocean
  • Phoenix (ship) or Phenix, a whaling vessel based in Nantucket (1821-1858), discoverer of Winslow Reef
  • Phoenix (of London), nineteenth century whaling vessel based in London and active in the Pacific in the 1820s, discoverer of Phoenix Island (Rawaki)
  • USS Phoenix (1861), whaler of New London, sunk in the Stone Fleet, 1861
  • Phoenix of New Bedford, whaler
  • Phoenix (Moore), British East India ship, wintered in the Columbia River in 1794, Captain Hugh Moore
  • Phoenix (Alaska) the first ship built in the Russian colony of Alaska (1794-1799)
  • Sao Jao y Fenix, also known as Fenis and St. Joseph, a 50-foot open boat involved in the Vancouver Expedition
  • Phoenix (tall ship), of Dell Quay

[edit] Military, naval and air forces

[edit] Ships

  • HMS Phoenix, the name of fifteen ships in the Royal Navy
  • USS Phoenix, the name of several ships in United States Navy

[edit] Others

[edit] Mythology

  • Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes
  • Fenghuang, the Asian phoenix
  • Phoenix (Iliad), a character in the Iliad, tutor of Achilles and father of Adonis; or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus
  • Phoenix (son of Agenor), in Greek mythology was a son of Agenor

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