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Phoenix most often refers to:
- Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird from Greek and Roman legends, tales and stories
- Phoenix, Arizona, United States, the capital of Arizona
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
- Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a Trojan War hero in Greek mythology
- Phoenix (son of Agenor), a Greek mythological figure
- Phoenix, a chieftain who came as Guardian of the young Hymenaeus when they joined Dionysus in his campaign against India, see Phoenix (Greek myth)
Mythical birds called phoenix
- Egyptian Bennu
- Hindu Garuda and Gandaberunda
- Firebird (Slavic folklore), in Russian Zharptitsa, Polish Żar-ptak, Slovak Vták Ohnivák, and Hungarian Tűzmadár
- Persian Simurgh, in Arabian Anka, Turkish Zümrüdü Anka, and Georgian Paskunji
- Chinese Fenghuang, in Japanese Hō-ō, Tibetan Me Byi Karmo, Korean Bonghwang, and Vietnamese Phụng
- East Asian Vermilion Bird in Chinese Zhū Què, Japanese Suzaku, Korean Jujak or Bulsajo, and Vietnamese Chu Tước
- Chol (bible), Milcham, Avarshina, Urshinah or other transliterations of אורשינה
- Nine-headed Bird, one of the earliest forms of the Chinese phoenix (Fenghuang)
Other mythological characters
- Phenex, a demon that appears in the form of a phoenix
- Huma bird, a bird in Iranian legend, said to be phoenix-like
- Paskunji, a phoenix-like being who helps heroes and humans in Georgian mythology
Places
Canada
United States
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona
- Phoenix, Georgia
- Phoenix, Illinois
- Phoenix, Louisiana
- Phoenix, Maryland
- Phoenix, Michigan
- Phoenix, Edison, New Jersey
- Phoenix, Sayreville, New Jersey
- Phoenix, New York
- Phoenix, Oregon
Elsewhere
- Phoenix (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey
- Phoenix (Crete), a town of ancient Crete mentioned in the Bible
- Phoenix (Lycia), a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey
- Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
- Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati
- Vacoas-Phoenix, in Mauritius
- Phoenix, Durban, in South Africa
- Phoenix City, a nickname for Warsaw, the capital of Poland
- Phoenix (river), a river of Thessaly, Greece, that flowed at the ancient city of Anthela (Thessaly)
Arts and entertainment
Comics
- Phoenix (manga) (Hi no Tori), by Osamu Tezuka
- The Phoenix (comics), a weekly British comics anthology
Fictional entities
Characters in comics
- Phoenix (comics), alias used by several comics characters
- Phoenix Force (comics), a Marvel Comics entity
- Phoenix Ikki, a Saint Seiya character
- Jean Grey, also known as Phoenix and Dark Phoenix, an X-Men character
- Rachel Summers, a Marvel Comics character also known as Phoenix
Fictional organizations
- Phoenix Foundation (MacGyver)
- Phoenix Organization, an organization in John Doe
- Order of the Phoenix (fiction), a secret society in Harry Potter
Fictional vessels
- Phoenix (Star Trek), a spacecraft
- Phoenix (Stargate), a starship
Other fictional characters
- Simon Phoenix, a Demolition Man character
- Phoenix (Transformers)
- Aster Phoenix (or Edo Phoenix), a Yu-Gi-Oh! GX character
- Phoenix Raynor, a Shortland Street character
- Phoenix Wright (character), an Ace Attorney character
- Stefano DiMera, also known as The Phoenix, a Days of our Lives character
Film
- Fushichō (English: Phoenix), a 1947 film by Keisuke Kinoshita
- The Phoenix (1959 film), by Robert Aldrich
- Phoenix (1998 film), a crime film by Danny Cannon
- Phoenix (2006 film), a gay-related film by Michael Akers
- Phoenix (2014 film), a film by Christian Petzold
Literature
Books
- Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), an anthology of work by D. H. Lawrence
- Phoenix (novel), by Stephen Brust
- The Phoenix (novel), by Henning Boëtius
- Phoenix Force (novel), a novel series
- Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, by Leonard Herman
Other literature
- List of periodicals named Phoenix
- The Phoenix (play), by Thomas Middleton
- The Phoenix (Old English poem)
- The Phoenix, a play by Morgan Spurlock
- The Phoenix, a poem attributed to Lactantius
Music
Musicians
- Phoenix (band), a French alternative rock band
- Dave Farrell, American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park
- Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian rock band
Albums
- Phoenix (Agathodaimon album)
- Phoenix (Asia album)
- Phoenix, a 2003 EP by Breaking Pangaea
- Phoenix (Carpark North album)
- Phoenix (Clan of Xymox album)
- Phoenix (The Classic Crime album)
- Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album)
- Phoenix (Dreamtale album)
- Phoenix (EP), by The Warlocks
- Phoenix (Emil Bulls album)
- Phoenix (Everything in Slow Motion album)
- Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album)
- Phoenix (Just Surrender album)
- Phoenix (Labelle album)
- Phoenix (Nocturnal Rites album)
- Phoenix, album by Pink Turns Blue
- Phoenix (Vince Bell album)
- Phoenix (The Warlocks album)
- Phoenix (Zebrahead album)
- The Phoenix (EP), an EP by Flipsyde
- The Phoenix (Lyfe Jennings album)
- The Phoenix (Mastercastle album)
- The Phoenix (Raghav album)
- Phoenix (Rita Ora album)
Plastic arts
- Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix), an Atlanta, Georgia, monument
- Phoenix Art Museum, the Southwest United States' largest art museum for visual art
Television
- The Phoenix (1982 TV series), an American science fiction series
- Phoenix (TV series), an Australian police drama
- Phoenix (2004 TV series), a Korean drama
- "Phoenix", the 1986 premiere episode of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
- "The Phoenix", a 1995 episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- "Phoenix", a 2003 episode of Smallville
- "Phoenix" (Breaking Bad), a 2009 episode of Breaking Bad
- "Phoenix" (NCIS), a 2012 episode of NCIS
Theatres
- Phoenix Theatre, London, a West End theatre
- La Fenice (The Phoenix), an opera house in Venice, Italy
- Phoenix Concert Theatre, a concert venue and nightclub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Phoenix Theatre (disambiguation)
Video gaming
- Phoenix Engine (disambiguation)
- Phoenix (video game)
- Phoenix1, a League of Legends team
Other uses in entertainment
- Phoenix (roller coaster)
- Phoenix, a Looping Starship ride at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Businesses
- Phoenix company, a commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvency
Broadcasters
- Phoenix (German TV station)
- Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong broadcaster
Schools
- Phoenix Academy (disambiguation), including several private schools
- University of Phoenix, United States
Vehicle manufacturers
- Phoenix (bicycles), a Chinese company
- Phoenix (British automobile company), an early 1900s company
- Phoenix Industries, a U.S. aircraft manufacturer
- Phoenix Motorcars, a manufacturer of electric vehicles
- Phoenix Venture Holdings, owner of the MG Rover Group
Other companies
- Phoenix (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
- Phoenix (nuclear technology company), a company specializing in neutron generator technology
- Phoenix AG, a German rubber products company
- Phoenix Air, an airline operating from Georgia, United States
- Phoenix Books, a publisher
- The Phoenix Companies, a Hartford-based financial services company
- Phoenix Finance, a financial company which attempted to enter into Formula One racing
- Phoenix Fire Office, a former British insurance company
- Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., a Philippine oil and gas company
Military
- AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile
- BAE Systems Phoenix, an unmanned air vehicle
- HMT-302 ("Phoenix"), a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter squadron
- Phoenix breakwaters, a set of WWII caissons
- Phoenix Program, a Vietnam War military operation
- Project Phoenix (South Africa), a National Defence Force program
People
- Phoenix (name), multiple people
- Dave Farrell, American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park
Science and technology
Astronomy
- Phoenix Cluster, a galaxy cluster
- Phoenix (constellation)
- Phoenix Dwarf, a galaxy
- Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Biology
- Phoenix (chicken)
- Phoenix (grape)
- Phoenix (moth)
- Phoenix (plant), a genus of palms
- Great argus, a pheasant
Computing
- Phoenix (computer), an IBM mainframe at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory from 1973 to 1995
- Phoenix (web framework), a web development framework written in Elixir
- Phoenix Network Coordinates
- Phoenix Object Basic, a RAD tool
- Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer
- Apache Phoenix, a relational database engine for Hadoop
- Microsoft Phoenix, a compiler framework developed at Microsoft Research
- Mozilla Phoenix, introduced in 2004 was the original name for the Firefox web browser
- Phoenix, a web browser and HTML editor discontinued in 1995
- Phoenix pay system, a payroll processing system
Vehicles
- Phoenix (spacecraft), a NASA mission to Mars
- AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile
- BAE Systems Phoenix, an unmanned air vehicle
- EADS Phoenix, a prototype launch vehicle
- Bristol Phoenix, an aircraft engine
- Chrysler Phoenix engine, an automotive engine series
- Dodge Dart Phoenix, an American car produced 1960–1961
- Dodge Phoenix, Australian car produced 1960–1973
- Pontiac Phoenix, an American car produced 1977–1984
- Phoenix Air Phoenix, a Czech glider
Other technologies
- Phoenix (ATC), an air traffic control system
- Fénix capsules, rescue equipment used after the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
Ships
Lists
- HMS Phoenix, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- Phoenix (East Indiaman), the name of several ships that sailed for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1680 and 1821
- USS Phoenix, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
Individual vessels
- Phoenix, involved in the 1688 Siege of Derry
- Phoenix (1792), involved in the sea otter trade
- Phoenix (1794), the first ship built in Russian America
- Phoenix (1798 ship), made one voyage in 1824 carrying convicts to Tasmania; grounded, condemned, and turned into a prison hulk; broken up in 1837
- Phoenix (steamboat), a steamboat built 1806–1807
- Phoenix (1809 ship), built in France in 1809; captured by the British Royal Navy in 1810; employed as a whaling ship from 1811 to 1829
- Phoenix (1810 ship), a merchant vessel launched in 1810; made one voyage to India for the British East India Company; made three voyages transporting convicts to Australia; wrecked in 1829
- Phoenix (1815 steamer), a steamboat that burned on Lake Champlain in 1819; its wreck is a Vermont state historic site
- Phoenix (1821 whaler), a Nantucket whaling vessel in operation 1821–1858
- Phoenix (1845), a steamship that burned on Lake Michigan in 1847 with the loss of at least 190 lives
- USCS Phoenix, a U.S. Coast Survey ship in service from 1845 to 1858
- Phoenix (1929 ship), a Danish ship built in 1929
- SS Flying Lark, which went by the name Phoenix from 1946 to 1948
- Phoenix (fireboat), a 1955 fireboat operating in San Francisco, California
- Phoenix (1973), a rescue vessel used to save migrants, refugees and other people in distress in the Mediterranean Sea
Sport
- Phoenix Finance, a Formula One entrant
- Phoenix Hagen, a German basketball club
- Phoenix International Raceway, in Avondale, Arizona
- Phoenix, an annual sports festival at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka
- Beth Phoenix (born 1980), an American wrestler
- List of sports teams named for the phoenix
Other uses
- Phoenix LRT Station, Singapore
- Greek phoenix, a unit of currency
- Phoenix codes, radio shorthand used by British police
- Phoenix Academy (disambiguation)
- The Phoenix Patrol Challenge, a Scoutcraft competition
- Phoenix Pay System, a Canadian federal employee payroll system
- The Phoenix – S K Club, a social club at Harvard College
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Phoenix
- All pages with titles containing Phoenix
- De Phoenix (disambiguation)
- Feniks (disambiguation)
- Fenix (disambiguation)
- Fengcheng (disambiguation), various Chinese locations whose names mean "Phoenix" or "Phoenix City"
- Flight of the Phoenix (disambiguation)
- List of places named for the phoenix
- Penix, an English surname
- Phenex, in demonology, a Great Marquis of Hell
- Phenix (disambiguation)
- Phoenician (disambiguation)
- Phoenix club (disambiguation)
- Phoenix King (disambiguation)
- Project Phoenix (disambiguation)