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Pronunciation: \ˈfē-niks\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English fenix, from Old English, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix

Date: before 12th century

: a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period; also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix

— phoe·nix·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

2.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. a southern constellation between Hydrus and Sculptor.

3.a person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; paragon.

4.a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation.

try and encyclopedia – find out where the word originated from and maybe what it meant it that language or something like that – hope i could help!