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Phoenix

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Phoenix most often refers to:

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Mythology

Greek mythological figures

  • Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a Trojan War hero in Greek mythology
  • Phoenix (son of Agenor), a Greek mythological figure
  • Phoenix (Greek myth), a chieftain who came as Guardian of the young Hymenaeus when they joined Dionysus in his campaign against India

Mythical birds called phoenix

  • Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird from Egyptian, Greek and Roman legends
  • Egyptian Bennu
  • Hindu Garuda and Gandabherunda
  • Firebird (Slavic folklore), in Polish Żar-ptak, Russian Zharptitsa, Serbian Žar ptica, and Slovak Vták Ohnivák
  • Tűzmadár, in Hungarian mythology
  • 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 Phượng (hoàng) or Phụng (hoàng)
  • 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
  • Konrul, a bird in Turkic mythology, said to be phoenix-like

Places

For theatres, see § Theatres.

Canada

  • Phoenix, Alberta
  • Phoenix, British Columbia

United States

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, KwaZulu-Natal, 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

For broadcasters, see § Broadcasters.

Comics

For characters in comics, see § Character in 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

Other fictional characters

  • Phoenix (Transformers)
  • Phoenix Raynor, a Shortland Street character
  • Phoenix Wright, an Ace Attorney character
  • Aster Phoenix (or Edo Phoenix), a Yu-Gi-Oh! GX character
  • Paul Phoenix (Tekken), a Tekken character
  • Simon Phoenix, a Demolition Man 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

For publishers, see § Businesses.

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

Music

  • List of songs named for the phoenix

Musicians

Albums

  • Phoenix (Agathodaimon album)
  • Phoenix (Asia album)
  • Phoenix (Vince Bell album)
  • Phoenix, a 2003 EP by Breaking Pangaea
  • Phoenix (Carpark North album)
  • Phoenix (Clan of Xymox album)
  • Phoenix (Classic Crime album)
  • Phoenix (Dreamtale album)
  • Phoenix (Emil Bulls album)
  • Phoenix (Everything in Slow Motion album)
  • The Phoenix (EP), an EP by Flipsyde
  • Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album)
  • Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album)
  • The Phoenix (Lyfe Jennings album)
  • Phoenix (Just Surrender album)
  • Phoenix (Labelle album)
  • The Phoenix (Mastercastle album)
  • Phoenix (Nocturnal Rites album)
  • Phoenix (Rita Ora album)
  • Phoenix, album by Pink Turns Blue
  • The Phoenix (Raghav album)
  • Phoenix (Warlocks album)
  • Phoenix (EP), by the Warlocks
  • Phoenix (Zebrahead 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

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

Businesses

  • Phoenix company, a commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvency

Broadcasting

Education

Finance

  • 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

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
  • Phoenix Iron Works (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania), owner of the Phoenix Bridge Company
  • Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., a Philippine oil and gas company

Military

People

  • Phoenix (name), multiple people
  • Dave Farrell (born 1977), American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park

Science and technology

Astronomy

Biology

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

For ships, see § Ships.

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 (Occoquam fireboat), operated in Occoquam, Virginia, built by MetalCraft Marine, in 2006
  • Phoenix (1973), a rescue vessel used to save migrants, refugees and other people in distress in the Mediterranean Sea

Sport

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)
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