NOUN | location | Phoenix, capital of Arizona | the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona |
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plant | phoenix, genus Phoenix | a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa | |
person | phoenix | a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix | |
object | Phoenix | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor |
Sounds | fiy'nihks | |
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Rhymes | acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks... |
Meaning | The state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation. | |
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Synonym | capital of Arizona | |
Instance of | state capital | The capital city of a political subdivision of a country |
Part of | Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ | A state in southwestern United States |
Spanish | capital de Arizona, Fénix, Phoenix | |
Catalan | Phoenix |
Meaning | A large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa. | |
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Synonym | genus Phoenix | |
Member of | Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | fénix, genus phoenix, phoenix | |
Catalan | genus phoenix, phoenix |
Meaning | A legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time / time and it renewed / renewed itself every 500 years. | |
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Broader | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
Spanish | fénix | |
Catalan | fènix |
Meaning | A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor. | |
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Instance of | constellation | A configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
Spanish | Phoenix |
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