Phoenix
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Phoenix most often refers to:
- Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird
- Phoenix, Arizona, a United States city
Phoenix or The Phoenix may also refer to:
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[edit] Mythology
- Fenghuang, the Asian phoenix
- Phoenix (Iliad), son of Amyntor and Cleobule, a hero of the Trojan War in Greek mythology
- Phoenix (son of Agenor), Greek mythological figure
- Phoenix, ally of Dionysus in the Dionysiaca by Nonnus of Panopolis
[edit] Arts, literature, entertainment
[edit] Comics
- Phoenix (manga) (Hi no Tori), by Osamu Tezuka
- Phoenix Ikki, character from the manga Saint Seiya
- Phoenix Force (comics), Marvel Comics
- The Phoenix (comics), a weekly British comic that started in 2012
[edit] Film and television
[edit] Films
- Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)
- Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)
- Fushichō (English: Phoenix) (1947), film by Keisuke Kinoshita
- Griffin and Phoenix, a 1976 film
- Griffin & Phoenix, a 2006 remake of the above film
- Phoenix (film) (1998), film starring Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston
- Phoenix, short film by Chris Barfoot
- Phoenix, fictional aircraft in the film Philadelphia Experiment II
- Simon Phoenix, fictional character in the film Demolition Man
- The Phoenix (1959 film), by Robert Aldrich
[edit] Broadcasters
- Phoenix (German TV station)
- Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong broadcaster
[edit] Series and episodes
- Phoenix (TV series), a 1992–1993 Australian police drama
- Phoenix Five, a 1970 Australian science fiction series
- The Phoenix (1982 TV series), an American science fiction series
- The Phoenix (2004 TV series), a Korean drama
- "Phoenix", an episode of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
- "Phoenix", an episode of Smallville
- "The Phoenix", an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- "Phoenix" (Breaking Bad), an episode from season two of Breaking Bad
[edit] Fictional characters, things and organizations
- Phoenix (Star Trek), a spacecraft in the Star Trek universe
- Phoenix (Stargate), a starship
- Phoenix (Transformers)
- Aster Phoenix (or Edo Phoenix), a Yu-Gi-Oh! GX character
- Phoenix Wright (character), an Ace Attorney character
- Jean Grey, aka Phoenix, aka Dark Phoenix, a character in the X-Men comic books
- Phoenix, an American Gladiators character
- Phoenix Foundation, a fictional organization in MacGyver
- Phoenix Organization, a fictional organization in John Doe
- "The Phoenix", an alias of Stefano DiMera, a villain on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
- Phoenix Raynor, a character in the New Zeland TV series "Shortland Street"
[edit] Literature
- Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), anthology of work by D. H. Lawrence
- Phoenix (novel), by Stephen Brust
- Phoenix Books, book publisher within the Orion group
- The Phoenix (1999), play by Morgan Spurlock
- The Phoenix, poem attributed to Lactantius
- The Phoenix (novel), by Henning Boëtius
- The Phoenix (Old English poem), anonymous
- The Phoenix (play) (1603-4), by Thomas Middleton
- Phoenix Force, series of action-adventure novels
- Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames, by Leonard Herman, a History of video games.
[edit] Music
- Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, bass guitarist for the rock band Linkin Park
- List of songs named for the phoenix
- Phoenix (band), French alternative rock band
- Phoenix (Agathodaimon album), their fifth studio album
- Phoenix (Asia album) (2008), studio album
- Phoenix (Breaking Pangaea album), their third and final release
- Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album), his sixth album
- Phoenix (Dreamtale album), their fourth studio album
- Phoenix (EP), by The Warlocks
- Phoenix (Emil Bulls album), his fifth major studio and seventh overall studio album
- Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album), their sixth studio album
- Phoenix (Just Surrender album), their third LP
- Phoenix (Labelle album), the American funk/soul singing trio's fifth album
- Phoenix (The Warlocks album), the neo-psychedelic rock band's second full length album
- Phoenix (Vince Bell album)
- Phoenix (Zebrahead album), the American punk/rapcore band's seventh studio album
- Phoenix, by Pink Turns Blue
- The Phoenix (Lyfe Jennings album), the American R&B singer's second studio album
- The Phoenix (Mastercastle album), the Italian heavy metal band's debut album
- The Phoenix (Raghav album) (2011), by the R&B and Urban Desi artist
- Transsylvania Phoenix, Romanian rock band
[edit] Newspapers
- Muskogee Phoenix, daily newspaper of Muskogee, Oklahoma
[edit] Sports
- Phoenix Finance, British banking company that attempted to enter Formula Oneracing
- Phoenix International Raceway, a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona
- Phoenix, annual sports festival at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India
- Wellington Phoenix FC, the only New Zealand-based team in the A-League football league
[edit] Video games
- Phoenix (game engine), game engine developed by Wolfire for the game Overgrowth
- Phoenix (video game), arcade game developed by Amstar Electronics, and licensed to Centuri and Taito
- Phoenix Corporation, enemy company in the video game James Bond 007: Nightfire
- Phoenix Engine (Relic), for the game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
- Phoenix Tribe, faction in the Tribes (series) of games
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, from the Ace Attorney series
[edit] Astronomy and space exploration
- EADS Phoenix, European prototype launch vehicle
- Phoenix (constellation)
- Phoenix Dwarf, galaxy
- Phoenix (spacecraft), 2007 NASA mission to Mars
- Project Phoenix (SETI), search for extraterrestrial intelligence
[edit] Companies and organizations
- Phoenix AG, German rubber products company
- Phoenix company, commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvency
- Phoenix Contact, German industrial automation, interconnection, and interface manufacturer
- Phoenix Electric Co., Ltd., Japanese lamp company
- Phoenix Natural Gas, Irish utility company
- Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., independent oil company in the Philippines
- Phoenix Pharmahandel, German pharmaceutical company
- Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle, a group UK railway photographers
- Phoenix Solar, German photovoltaics company
- The Phoenix Project (Virginia), poverty-fighting nonprofit organization
[edit] Computing
- Phoenix (compiler framework), framework for developing compilers as well as program analysis, testing and optimization tools
- Phoenix (computer), IBM mainframe
- Phoenix (game engine)
- Phoenix Object Basic, RAD tool
- Phoenix Technologies, BIOS manufacturer
- Mozilla Phoenix, web browser, later renamed to Mozilla Firefox
- Phoenix, web browser and HTML editor based on tkWWW#Phoenix
- Phoenix, image editor in Aviary (application suite)
- Phoenix Network Coordinates, a scalable mechanism for Internet distance (round-trip latency) estimation
[edit] Education
- The Phoenix – S K Club, Harvard College group
- University of Phoenix, United States
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- AIM-54 Phoenix, missile
- BAE Systems Phoenix, unmanned air vehicle
- HMT-302, U.S. Marine Corps helicopter squadron
- Phoenix breakwaters, set of WWII caissons
- Phoenix Program, Vietnam War military operation
- Project Phoenix (South Africa), South African National Defence Force program
[edit] Plants and animals
- Phoenix (chicken), one of many breeds of chicken that resulted from European selective breeding of onagadori
- Phoenix (grape), a white variety of grape of German origin used for wine
- Phoenix (moth)
- Phoenix (plant), a genus of palms
- A name for Great Argus, used in some Asian areas
[edit] Ships
- Phoenix (boat), a steamboat built 1806-07
- Phoenix (fireboat), a fireboat operating in San Francisco, California
- Phoenix (whaler), a Nantucket whaling vessel in operation 1821-1858
- Phoenix (hulk), a frigate that was damaged in 1824 and turned into a prison hulk in Sydney.
- Phoenix (of London), a whaling ship
- Phoenix (East Indiaman), a ship of the British East India Company, involved in the sea otter trade
- Phoenix (Alaska) the first ship built in Russian America
- Phoenix (tall ship), a Danish ship built in 1929
- USCS Phoenix, a United States Coast Survey ship in service from 1845 to 1858
- Phoenix, a ship involved in the Siege of Derry
- HMS Phoenix, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- USS Phoenix, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
[edit] Other transportation
- Bristol Phoenix, aircraft engine
- Phoenix (ATC), multi-purpose sensor data processing tracker
- Phoenix LRT Station, Singapore
- Phoenix (British automobile company), an early 1900s company
- Phoenix Motorcars, a manufacturer of electric vehicles
- Phoenix Venture Holdings, owner of the MG Rover Group
- Chrysler Phoenix engine, an automotive engine series
- Dodge Dart Phoenix, an American car produced 1960-1961
- Dodge Phoenix, an Australian car produced 1960-1973
- Pontiac Phoenix, an American car produced 1977-1984
[edit] Other uses
- Greek phoenix, unit of currency
- Phoenix (roller coaster), wooden roller coaster located at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix codes, radio shorthand used by British police
- Fénix capsules, rescue equipment used in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
- The Phoenix Patrol Challenge, scoutcraft competition
- Atlanta from the Ashes, commonly known as "The Phoenix," a monument symbolizing Atlanta's rise after its burning in the American Civil War
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with "Phoenix"
- All pages with titles containing "Phoenix"
- De Phoenix (disambiguation), name given to some windmills in Belgium and the Netherlands
- Flight of the Phoenix (disambiguation)
- Project Phoenix (disambiguation)
- Phoenix (automobile), cars and car companies
- Phoenix (comics), alias used by several comics characters
- Phoenix (name), multiple people
- List of periodicals named Phoenix, name of multiple newspapers and magazines
- List of places named for the phoenix
- Phoenix (ship), multiple civilian and military vessels
- Phoenix (team), multiple sports teams and clubs
- Phenix (disambiguation)
- Fenix (disambiguation)
- Penix, an English surname
- Phenex, in demonology, a Great Marquis of Hell
- Phoenician (disambiguation)
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