Phoenix most often refers to: *

Phoenix (mythology) The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predeces ...

, a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to:

Mythology

Greek mythological figures

Phoenix (son of Amyntor) In Greek mythology, Phoenix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ ''Phoinix'', gen. Φοίνικος ''Phoinikos'') was the son of king Amyntor. Because of a dispute with his father, Phoenix fled to Phthia, where he became king of the Dolopians, and tu ...

, a Trojan War hero in Greek mythology * Phoenix (son of Agenor), a Greek mythological figure * Phoenix, a chieftain who came as Guardian of the young Hymenaeus when they joined Dionysus in his campaign against India (see Phoenix (Greek myth))

Mythical birds called phoenix

, a mythical bird from Egyptian, Greek and Roman legends * Egyptian '' Bennu'' * Hindu '' Garuda'' and '' Gandabherunda'' * Firebird (Slavic folklore), in Polish ''Żar-ptak'', Russian ''Zharptitsa'', Serbian ''Žar ptica'', and Slovak ''Vták Ohnivák'' * ''Tűzmadár'', in Hungarian mythology * Persian '' Simurgh'', in Arabian ''Anka'', Turkish ''Zümrüdü Anka'', and Georgian ''Paskunji'' * Chinese '' Fenghuang'', in Japanese ''Hō-ō'', Tibetan ''Me Byi Karmo'', Korean ''Bonghwang'', and Vietnamese ''Phượng (hoàng)'' or ''Phụng (hoàng)'' * East Asian Vermilion Bird in Chinese ''Zhū Què'', Japanese ''Suzaku'', Korean ''Jujak'' or ''Bulsajo'', and Vietnamese ''Chu Tước'' * Chol (bible), ''Milcham'', ''Avarshina'', ''Urshinah'' or other transliterations of * Nine-headed Bird, one of the earliest forms of the Chinese phoenix (Fenghuang)

Places

Canada

Phoenix, Alberta Phoenix is a former coal mining community between Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House in west-central Alberta, Canada. A sawmill operated along the North Saskatchewan River The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the ...

Phoenix, British Columbia Phoenix is a ghost town in the Boundary Country of British Columbia, Canada, 11 km east of Greenwood. Once called the “highest city in Canada” by its citizens (1,412 metres / 4,633 feet above sea level) it was a booming copper mining com ...

United States

* Phoenix, Arizona * Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona * Phoenix, Georgia * Phoenix, Illinois * Phoenix, Louisiana *

Phoenix, Maryland Phoenix is an unincorporated community located in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland, United States. It is located at latitude 39°30'59" North, longitude 76°36'59" West. The United States Postal Service has assigned Phoenix the ZIP code ...

Phoenix, Michigan Phoenix is an unincorporated community in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. Phoenix lies at the junction of M-26 and US 41, about two miles south of Eagle River, Michigan, near the shores of Lake Superior. Copper Phoenix was the site of ...

Phoenix, Mississippi Phoenix is an unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The community is at the intersection of Hebron Church Road and Mechanicsburg Road, south-southwest of Yazoo City Yazoo City is a U.S. city in Yazoo County, Mis ...

Phoenix, Edison, New Jersey Edison, New Jersey is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey in central New Jersey. The township was originally founded as the settlement of Piscatawaytown, a small neighborhood that still exists within it, and incorporated as Raritan Towns ...

* Phoenix, Sayreville, New Jersey *

Phoenix, New York Phoenix is a village in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 2,382 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Alexander Phoenix. The village of Phoenix lies in the Lake Ontario lake-effect snow belt, with seasonal snow ...

Phoenix, Oregon Phoenix is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,538 at the 2010 census. Phoenix is a part of the Medford Metropolitan Statistical Area, in the Rogue Valley, and is southeast of Medford on Interstate 5. History ...

Elsewhere

Phoenix (Caria) Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ) was a town of ancient Caria, near the mountain of the same name on the southern branch of the Bozburun Peninsula. It may be the same as the town called Phoenice or Phoinike (Φοινίκη) by Stephanus of ...

, a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey *

Phoenix (Crete) Phoenix or Phoinix ( gr, Φοίνιξ) was the name of two towns in ancient Crete, both situated on the south coast. One is mentioned in the Bible in the ''Acts of the Apostles'' regarding the voyage of the ship that was taking Paul the Apostle t ...

, a town of ancient Crete mentioned in the Bible *

Phoenix (Lycia) Finike, the ancient Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ), also formerly Phineka, is a town and a district on the Mediterranean coast of Antalya Province in Turkey, to the west of the city of Antalya, along the Turkish Riviera. It is located o ...

, a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey * Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland * Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati * Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa * Phoenix City, a nickname for Warsaw, the capital of Poland * Phoenix, a river of Thessaly, Greece, that flowed at the ancient city of Anthela

Arts and entertainment

Comics

* ''Phoenix'' (manga) (''Hi no Tori''), by Osamu Tezuka * ''The Phoenix'' (comics), a weekly British comics anthology

Fictional entities

Characters

Phoenix (comics) Phoenix, in comics, may refer to: * Phoenix, the alias used by a number of Marvel Comics characters connected with the Phoenix Force (comics), Phoenix Force **Jean Grey, who initially used the alias Marvel Girl in the X-Men ** Rachel Summers, Jean ...

, alias used by several comics characters * Phoenix Force (comics), a Marvel Comics entity * Jean Grey, also known as Phoenix and Dark Phoenix, an ''X-Men'' character *

Rachel Summers Rachel Anne Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-plotter John Byrne (comics), John Byrne. In h ...

, a Marvel Comics character also known as Phoenix * Phoenix (''Transformers'') * Phoenix Raynor, a ''Shortland Street'' character *

Phoenix Wright Phoenix "Nick" Wright, known as in the original Japanese language versions, is the fictional titular defense attorney and the main protagonist in ''Ace Attorney'', a visual novel adventure video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Ph ...

, an ''Ace Attorney'' character *

Aster Phoenix This is the list of characters in the '' Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' animated series. The official English anime and the English manga by VIZ Media have changed character names. Main characters ; : :The main protagonist of the series. He is described as an ...

(or Edo Phoenix), a ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' character * Paul Phoenix (''Tekken''), a ''Tekken'' character *

Simon Phoenix ''Demolition Man'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking poli ...

, a ''Demolition Man'' character *

Stefano DiMera Stefano DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by Joseph Mascolo. Created by Pat Falken Smith, Stefano was introduced on January 18, 1982 as the father of Tony DiMera ( Thaao Penghlis) looking to expa ...

, also known as The Phoenix, a ''Days of our Lives'' character * Phoenix, female protagonist of the film '' Phantom of the Paradise'', played by Jessica Harper * Phoenix Jackson, female protagonist of " A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty

Organizations

* Phoenix Foundation (''MacGyver'') * Phoenix Organization, an organization in '' John Doe'' * Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation), a secret society in Harry Potter

Vessels

* ''Phoenix'' (''Star Trek''), a spacecraft

Film

* ''Fushichō'' (English: ''Phoenix''), a 1947 film by

Keisuke Kinoshita was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.Ronald Berganbr>"A satirical eye on Japan: Keisuke Kinoshita" ''The Guardian'', 5 January 1999. While lesser-known internationally than contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasu ...

* ''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

Literature

Books

* ''Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence'' (1885–1930), an anthology of work by D. H. Lawrence * ''Phoenix'' (novel), by Stephen Brust * ''The Phoenix'' (novel), by Henning Boëtius * '' Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry'', by Leonard Herman

Periodicals

* List of periodicals named Phoenix * The Phoenix (magazine), Ireland * The Phoenix (newspaper), United States' * Project Phoenix, codename of the aborted BBC ''Newsbrief'' magazine

Other literature

* ''The Phoenix'' (play), by Thomas Middleton * ''The Phoenix'' (Old English poem) * ''The Phoenix'', a play by Morgan Spurlock * ''The Phoenix'', a poem attributed to

Lactantius Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor, Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Cr ...

Music

Musicians

* Phoenix (band), a French alternative rock band * Transsylvania Phoenix, also known as Phoenix, a Romanian rock band * Dave Farrell, American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park

Albums

* ''Phoenix'' (Agathodaimon album) * ''Phoenix'' (Asia album) * ''Phoenix'' (Vince Bell album) * ''Phoenix'', a 2003 EP by

Breaking Pangaea Breaking Pangaea was an American emo pop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The band gained a small but passionate following from early 2000 to 2003, especially among college students. The band released their debut EP and ful ...

Pink Turns Blue Pink Turns Blue are a German post-punk band from Berlin. Formed in 1985, they were part of the first generation of gothic rock in Germany and released their first LP, ''If Two Worlds Kiss'' with a sound reminiscent of new wave with very dark und ...

* ''The Phoenix'' (Raghav album) * ''Phoenix'' (Warlocks album) * ''Phoenix'' (EP), by the Warlocks * ''Phoenix'' (Zebrahead album)

Songs

* List of songs named for the phoenix

Television

* ''The Phoenix'' (1982 TV series), an American science fiction series * ''Phoenix'' (Australian TV series), an Australian police drama * ''Phoenix'' (South Korean TV series), a 2004 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 ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar Gough ...

'' * "Phoenix" (''Breaking Bad''), a 2009 episode of ''Breaking Bad'' * "Phoenix" (''NCIS''), a 2012 episode of ''NCIS''

Video gaming

* Phoenix Engine (disambiguation) * ''Phoenix'' (video game) * Phoenix1, a ''League of Legends'' team

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Atlanta from the Ashes'' (The Phoenix), an Atlanta, Georgia, monument * Phoenix Art Museum, the Southwest United States' largest art museum for visual art * Phoenix (chess), a fairy chess piece * Phoenix (roller coaster) * Phoenix, a Looping Starship ride at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Business

In business, generally: * Phoenix company, a commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvency Specific businesses named "Phoenix" include:

Airlines

* Phoenix Air, an airline operating from Georgia, United States * Phoenix Aviation, a UAE-Kyrgyzstan airline

Finance companies

* The Phoenix Companies, a Hartford-based financial services company * Phoenix Finance, a financial company which attempted to enter into Formula One racing * Phoenix Fire Office, a former British insurance company

Media companies

Phoenix (German TV station) Phoenix (stylised as ) is a German free-to-air television channel which is operated jointly by public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF. It broadcasts documentaries, news, special events coverage and discussion programmes. Phoenix's headquarter ...

Phoenix (St. Paul's Churchyard) Paternoster Row was a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, with booksellers operating from the street. Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. It was part of an area cal ...

, a historical bookseller in London * Phoenix Books, a publisher * Phoenix Games, an American game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements * Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong broadcaster

Theatres

* Phoenix Theatre (disambiguation) * Phoenix Theatre, London, a West End theatre * Phoenix Concert Theatre, a concert venue and nightclub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *

La Fenice Teatro La Fenice (, "The Phoenix") is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice beca ...

(The Phoenix), an opera house in Venice, Italy

Manufacturers

Vehicle manufacturers

Phoenix (bicycles) Phoenix Company. Ltd., better known as Phoenix Bicycles and Shanghai Phoenix Bicycles, originated as the Shanghai Third Bicycle Factory created in May, 1958. The establishment of the Third Factory marks the date that the enterprise became joint ...

, a Chinese company * Phoenix (British automobile company), an early 1900s company *

Phoenix Industries Phoenix Industries, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Southampton, New Jersey. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes and paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 U ...

, an American aircraft manufacturer * Phoenix Motorcars, a manufacturer of electric vehicles *

Phoenix Venture Holdings Phoenix Venture Holdings (PVH), also known as the Phoenix Consortium, was an English company formed by four businessmen ( John Towers, Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson and John Edwards). Following BMW's break-up of the Rover Group a financially com ...

, owner of the MG Rover Group

Other manufacturers

* Phoenix (nuclear technology company), specializing in neutron generator technology * Phoenix AG, a German rubber products company * Phoenix Beverages, a brewery in Mauritius * Phoenix Iron Works (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania), owner of the Phoenix Bridge Company * Phoenix Contact, a manufacturer of industrial automation, interconnection, and interface solutions * Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., a Philippine oil and gas company

Military

* AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile * BAE Systems Phoenix, an unmanned air vehicle * HMHT-302 ("Phoenix"), a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter squadron * Phoenix breakwaters, a set of World War II caissons * Phoenix Program, a Vietnam War military operation *

Project Phoenix (South Africa) Project Phoenix is an ongoing programme within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to revive its Reserve Force and bring it on a par with the Regular Force under a "One Force policy." The aim is to reach a point whereby members of ...

, a National Defence Force program

People

Phoenix (given name) Phoenix is a modern given name derived from the name for a mythological bird from Greek myth that has become a symbol of renewal, regeneration and immortality. It is a name in use for both boys and girls. Popularity The name has been among the ...

Phoenix (surname) Notable people with the surname Phoenix include: * Arlyn Phoenix (born 1944), American activist * Charles Phoenix (born 1962), American historian/humorist * Nick Phoenix (Born 1967), British composer * Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), American actor, p ...

, multiple people *

Phoenix Sinclair Phoenix Victoria Hope Sinclair (23 April 2000 – 11 June 2005) was a Canadian five-year-old girl who was murdered by her mother and stepfather. The circumstances of her life and death resulted in the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surround ...

(2000–2005), Canadian murder victim * Dave Farrell (born 1977), American bass guitarist in the band Linkin Park * Nahshon Even-Chaim (born 1971), or "Phoenix", convicted Australian computer hacker * Jody Fleisch (born 1980), professional wrestler nicknamed "The Phoenix"

Schools

* University of Phoenix, United States * Phoenix Academy (disambiguation), including several private schools *

Phoenix High School (disambiguation) Phoenix High School may refer to: United States * ASU Preparatory Academy, Phoenix High School, Phoenix, Arizona * Phoenix High School (Lincoln, California), Lincoln, California * Phoenix High School (San Jose, California), San Jose, California ...

Science and technology

Astronomy

* Phoenix Cluster, a galaxy cluster *

Phoenix (Chinese astronomy) The modern constellation Phoenix lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, ''Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ''), and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, ''Jìnnánjíxīngōu''), that divide the sky in tradi ...

* Phoenix (constellation) ** Phoenix stream, a stream of very old stars found in the constellation * Phoenix Dwarf, a galaxy * Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Biology

Phoenix (chicken) The Phoenix is a German breed of long-tailed chicken. It derives from cross-breeding of imported long-tailed Japanese birds similar to the Onagadori with other breeds. History The Phoenix breed was created by , the first president of the nati ...

Phoenix (grape) Phoenix is a white variety of grape of German origin used for wine. It was created by Dr. Gerhardt Alleweldt (1927–2005) at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding in Siebeldingen in 1964, by crossing the ''Vitis vinifera'' variety Bacc ...

* Phoenix (moth) * ''Phoenix'' (plant), a genus of palms

Computing

Phoenix (computer) Phoenix (February 1973 – September 30, 1995) was an IBM mainframe computer at Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory. "Phoenix/MVS" was also the name of the computer's operating system, written in-house by Computer Laboratory members. Its ...

, an IBM mainframe at the University of Cambridge * Phoenix (tkWWW-based browser), a web browser and HTML editor discontinued in 1995 *

Phoenix (web framework) Phoenix is a web development framework written in the functional programming language Elixir. Phoenix uses a server-side model–view–controller (MVC) pattern. Based on thPluglibrary, and ultimately thCowboy Erlang framework, it was develop ...

, a web development framework * Phoenix Network Coordinates, used to compute network latency *

Phoenix Object Basic Phoenix Object Basic (formerly known as Envelop) is an object-oriented rapid application development tool for Microsoft Windows and Linux. It has object-oriented features such as inheritance and polymorphism as found in languages such as Pytho ...

, a RAD tool * Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer * Apache Phoenix, a relational database engine *

Microsoft Phoenix Microsoft Phoenix was an SDK available from Microsoft Connect for creating compilers, optimize code, and perform code analysis. Microsoft described it in the past tense on 2008-07-01. Original Description t wasto be used as the back-end for futur ...

, a compiler framework * Mozilla Phoenix, the original name for the Firefox web browser * Phoenix pay system, a payroll processing system

Vehicles

* ''Phoenix'' (spacecraft), a NASA mission to Mars * AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile * BAE Systems Phoenix, an unmanned air vehicle * EADS Phoenix, a prototype launch vehicle * 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 *

Pontiac Phoenix The Pontiac Phoenix was a compact car that was sold from 1977 to 1984 by Pontiac. There were two generations of the Phoenix, both based on popular Chevrolet models, and both using the GM X platform designation. It was named for the mythological ...

, an American car produced 1977–1984 * Phoenix Air Phoenix, a Czech glider

Other technologies

Phoenix (ATC) PHOENIX is a multipurpose Radar Data Processing System(RDPS) / Surveillance Data Processing System (SDPS) - a.k.a. tracker - used for many ATC applications in the Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), and is continuously extended and maintained ever since ...

, an air traffic control system * ''Fénix'' capsules, rescue equipment used after the 2010 Copiapó mining accident

Ships

* , several Royal Navy ships * , several ships that sailed for the British East India Company between 1680 and 1821 * , several U.S. Navy ships * ''Phoenix'', involved in the 1688 Siege of Derry * , involved in the sea otter trade * , the first ship built in Russian America * , made one voyage in 1824 carrying convicts to Tasmania; grounded, condemned, and turned into a prison hulk; broken up in 1837 * , a steamboat built 1806–1807 * , built in France in 1809; captured by the British Royal Navy in 1810; employed as a whaling ship from 1811 to 1829 * , a merchant vessel launched in 1810; made one voyage to India for the British East India Company; made three voyages transporting convicts to Australia; wrecked in 1829 * , a steamboat that burned on Lake Champlain in 1819; its wreck is a Vermont state historic site * , a Nantucket whaling vessel in operation 1821–1858 * , a steamship that burned on Lake Michigan in 1847 with the loss of at least 190 lives * , a U.S. Coast Survey ship in service from 1845 to 1858 * , a German cargo ship which later saw service as the ''vorpostenboot'' V-106 ''Phönix'' * , a Danish ship built in 1929 * , which went by the name ''Phoenix'' from 1946 to 1948 * , a 1955 fireboat operating in San Francisco, California * , a rescue vessel used to save migrants, refugees and other people in distress in the Mediterranean Sea

Sports

List of sports teams named for the phoenix Phoenix is a common name for sports teams, arising either directly from the mythological phoenix, or from places named for that creature. Teams including this name, or referred to by it, include: Teams based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, o ...

* Phoenix club (sports), a team that closes and is rebuilt under a new structure and often a new name * Phoenix Finance, a Formula One entrant * Phoenix Hagen, a German basketball club * Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona * Phoenix, an annual sports festival at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka

Other uses

* Phoenix (currency), the first currency of modern Greece * Phoenix LRT station, Singapore * Phoenix codes, radio shorthand used by British police *

The Phoenix Patrol Challenge Scouts in Scouting Ireland are aged between 11 and a half to 16 years of age. Each group has a Court of Honour/Patrol Leader's Council which under the guidance of an adult Scouter designs and implements activities. Scouts is the section where ...

, a Scoutcraft competition * Phoenix Pay System, a Canadian federal employee payroll system * The Phoenix – S K Club, a social club at Harvard College