Phoenix

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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 or The Phoenix may also refer to:

Mythology

Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a Trojan War hero in Greek mythology
Phoenix (son of Agenor), a Greek mythological figure

Mythical birds called "phoenixes"

Hindu Garuda and Gandaberunda
Firebird (Slavic folklore), in Russian Zharptitsa, Polish Żar-ptak, Slovak Vták Ohnivák, also Hungarian Tűzmadár
Persian Simurgh, in Arabian Anka and Turkish Zümrüdü Anka, Georgian Paskunji
Chinese Fenghuang, in Japanese Hō-ō, Tibetan Me Byi Karmo
East Asian Vermilion Bird, in Chinese Zhu Que, Japanese Suzakuin, Korean Jujak, Vietnamese Chu Tước
Chol (bible), Avarshina, Urshinah or other transliterations of אורשינה‎

Places

Canada

Ireland

Phoenix Park, Dublin

Kiribati

Phoenix Islands

Mauritius

Vacoas-Phoenix

South Africa

Phoenix, Durban

United States

Media and entertainment

Comics

Jean Grey, aka Phoenix or Dark Phoenix, an X-Men character
Phoenix (comics), alias used by several comics characters
Phoenix (manga) (Hi no Tori), by Osamu Tezuka
Phoenix Force (comics), a Marvel Comics entity
Rachel Summers, a Marvel Comics character also known as Phoenix
The Phoenix (comics), a weekly British comics anthology
Phoenix Ikki, a Saint Seiya character

Theatres

La Fenice (The Phoenix), an opera house in Venice, Italy
Phoenix Cinema, London, England
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford, England
Phoenix Theatre (disambiguation)

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
Joaquin Phoenix, American actor, producer, music video director, musician and activist

Broadcasters

Phoenix (German TV station)
Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong broadcaster

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

Fictional entities

Simon Phoenix, a Demolition Man character
Phoenix (Star Trek), a spacecraft
Phoenix (Stargate), a starship
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
Phoenix Foundation (MacGyver)
Phoenix Organization, an organization in John Doe
Stefano DiMera, aka The Phoenix, a Days of our Lives character
Order of the Phoenix (fiction), a secret society in Harry Potter.

Literature

Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), an anthology of work by D. H. Lawrence
Phoenix (novel), by Stephen Brust
Phoenix Books, a publisher
The Phoenix, a play by Morgan Spurlock
The Phoenix, a poem attributed to Lactantius
The Phoenix (novel), by Henning Boëtius
The Phoenix (Old English poem)
The Phoenix (play), by Thomas Middleton
Phoenix Force, a novel series
Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames, by Leonard Herman

Music

List of songs named for the phoenix

Musicians

David Michael "Phoenix" Farrell, American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park
Phoenix (band), a French alternative rock band
Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian rock band

Albums

Periodicals

List of periodicals named Phoenix

Sports

Phoenix Finance, a Formula One entrant
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix, annual sports festival at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Beth Phoenix (born 1980), American wrestler
List of sports teams named for the phoenix

Video games

Astronomy and space exploration

EADS Phoenix, a prototype launch vehicle
Phoenix Cluster, a galaxy cluster
Phoenix (constellation)
- Phoenix (Chinese astronomy)
Phoenix Dwarf, a galaxy
Phoenix (spacecraft), a NASA mission to Mars
Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Computing

Phoenix (compiler framework)
The Phoenix Framework written in Elixir (programming language)
Phoenix (computer), an IBM mainframe
Phoenix Network Coordinates
Phoenix Object Basic, a RAD tool
Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer
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, an image editor in Aviary
Apache Phoenix, a relational database engine for Hadoop

Education

The Phoenix – S K Club, a Final Club at Harvard College
University of Phoenix, United States
Phoenix Academy (disambiguation)

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

Plants and animals

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, a ship involved in the 1688 Siege of Derry
Phoenix (1792), a ship involved in the sea otter trade
Phoenix (1794), the first ship built in Russian America
Phoenix (1798 ship), a ship that made one voyage in 1824 carrying convicts to Tasmania, and that grounded, was condemned, and was turned into a prison hulk until she was broken up in 1837
Phoenix (boat), a steamboat built 1806–1807
Phoenix (1809 ship), a ship built in France in 1809 that the British Royal Navy captured in 1810; she was employed as a whaling ship from 1811 to 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

Other transportation

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
Phoenix (ATC), an air traffic control system
Phoenix (bicycles)
Phoenix (British automobile company), an early 1900s company
Phoenix Industries, a US aircraft manufacturer
Phoenix LRT Station, Singapore
Phoenix Motorcars, a manufacturer of electric vehicles
Phoenix Venture Holdings, owner of the MG Rover Group
Pontiac Phoenix, an American car produced 1977–1984

Other uses

Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix), an Atlanta, Georgia, monument
Fénix capsules, rescue equipment used after the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
Greek phoenix, a unit of currency
Phoenix codes, radio shorthand used by British police
Phoenix (roller coaster)
Phoenix Fire Office former British insurance company
The Phoenix Patrol Challenge, a Scoutcraft competition
Phoenix, a Looping Starship ride at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Phoenix AG, German rubber products company
Phoenix company, a commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvency
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., a Philippine oil and gas company
The Phoenix Companies, a Hartford-based financial services company
Phoenix1, a League of Legends team