phoenix

noun

1. 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.

   “burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood”

2. (figuratively)Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

   “Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.”

   “Lord Allerton was that modern phœnix, a young man, without a single objection.”

   “Many of the legitimate nightclubs of today sprang like legalized phoenixes from the still-hot ashes of the speakeasies of prohibition days.”

3. (Chinese)A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
4. (historical)A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.

   “The national currency, the phoenix, which had been established by Kapodistrias, was renamed after an ancient Greek coin, the drachma.”

5. (obsolete)A marvelous person or thing.

   “He may not be a phœnix of cleverness in your sense; his profession is different; but it would be all the better for you to talk a little on his subjects.”

6. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”).
7. A German breed of long-tailed chicken.
8. A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
9. A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.

verb

1. (Australia)To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability

   “Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades.”

   “The ATO defines iIllegal^([sic – meaning illegal]) phoenixing as when a new company is created to continue the business of a company that has been deliberately liquidated to avoid paying its debts, including taxes, creditors and employee entitlements.”

name

1. A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
2. A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
3. (Greek)A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.
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   “A man was arrested Saturday in College Park, Georgia, after he was accused of throwing a sex toy on to the court during the Dream’s 29 July game with the Golden State Valkyries, according to a police report. The report said he threw another sex toy during the Dream’s game on Friday against the Phoenix Mercury. […] Another man in Phoenix was arrested after police say he threw a sex toy in the crowd at a Mercury game on Tuesday.”

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22. A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.
23. A surname.
24. A male given name.
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