phoenix

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymscapital of Arizona

   Broaderstate capital

   Part ofArizona
2. 2.

   a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

   Synonymsgenus Phoenix

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofPalmae
3. 3.

   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

   Broadermythical being
4. 4.

   a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

   Broaderconstellation

Other forms of phoenix

plural

phoenixes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about phoenix

What does phoenix mean?

phoenix means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in phoenix?

phoenix has 2 syllables: phoe-nix. The stress falls on "phoe". In IPA it is /ˈfinɪks/.

What is another word for phoenix?

Close synonyms include capital of Arizona, genus Phoenix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phoenix a common word?

phoenix is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.