the phoenix

English - Turkish

Definition of the phoenix in English Turkish dictionary

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phoenix

(Astronomi) anka (takımyıldızı)

phoenix

Anka kuşu

Phoenix

ankak

Phoenix

{i} eşsiz insan

Phoenix

{i} anka kuşu [mit.]

Phoenix

(Askeri) Phoenix (anka, zümrüdüanka)

Phoenix

{i} erdem örneği

Phoenix

{i} feniks [mit.]

phoenix

anka

phoenix

ölümsüzlük sembolü olarak kabul edilen ve Arabistan çöllerinde yaşadığı farzedilen çok güzel bir kuş

phoenix

feniks

English - English

Definition of the phoenix in English English dictionary

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Phoenix

A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana

Phoenix

The capital city of Arizona, United States

Phoenix

A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology

phoenix

Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile. Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes

Phoenix

A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II

Phoenix

{i} capital of the state of Arizona (USA); type of long-range air-to-air missile

Phoenix

A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus

phoenix

{i} legendary bird who consumed itself in fire and returned to life from ashes

phoenix

A phoenix is an imaginary bird which, according to ancient stories, burns itself to ashes every five hundred years and is then born again

phoenix

the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor 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 and it renewed itself every 500 years a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

phoenix

If you describe someone or something as a phoenix, you mean that they return again after seeming to disappear or be destroyed. Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise. The capital and largest city of Arizona, in the south-central part of the state northwest of Tucson. Settled c. 1868, it became territorial capital in 1889 and state capital in 1912. The city is noted as a winter and health resort. Population: 983,403. the capital and largest city of Arizona, US. It as an extremely hot city that is growing very quickly, because many old people go there to live. City (pop., 2000: 1,321,045), capital of Arizona, U.S. It is located on the Salt River. The river valley was occupied as early as AD 1300 by prehistoric Indians, now known as the Hohokam culture, who disappeared in the early 15th century. Modern Phoenix was founded in 1870 and incorporated as a city in 1881. It became the territorial capital in 1889 and state capital in 1912. There was widespread expansion after World War II, with the population quadrupling between 1950 and 1960. It occupies a semi-arid valley surrounded by mountains and irrigated fields; its economy is based on farming, manufacturing, mining, and tourism. In ancient Egypt and in classical antiquity, a fabulous bird associated with the worship of the sun. The Egyptian phoenix was said to be as large as an eagle, with brilliant scarlet and gold plumage and a melodious cry. Only one phoenix existed at a time, and it lived no less than 500 years. As its end approached, it built a nest of aromatic boughs and spices, set it on fire, and was consumed in the flames. From the pyre was born a new phoenix, which sealed its predecessor's ashes in an egg of myrrh and flew to Heliopolis to deposit them on the altar of the sun god. The phoenix thus symbolized immortality. See also fenghuang

phoenix

Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile. Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead stars disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes

phoenix

A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes

phoenix

Arabian bird

Hyphenation

the Phoe·nix

Turkish pronunciation

dhi finîks

Pronunciation

/ᴛʜē ˈfēnəks/ /ðiː ˈfiːnɪks/

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