phoenix
/ˈfiːnɪks/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
- A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.
- A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
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