Phoenix

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Contents 1 Arts, literature, entertainment 1.1 Comics 1.2 Films 1.3 Literature 1.4 Magazines and journals 1.5 Music 1.6 Newspapers 1.7 Sports 1.8 Television 1.9 Video and arcade games 2 Astronomy and space exploration 3 Biology 4 Companies 5 Computing 6 Maritime (civil) 7 Military, naval and air forces 8 Mythology 9 People 10 Places 11 Other uses

Phoenix most often refers to:

• Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes
• Phoenix, Arizona, a large city in the United States

Phoenix may also refer to:

Arts, literature, entertainment

Comics

• Phoenix (comics), a fictional cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics universe, and the associated characters:
  • "Phoenix", an alias of Marvel Comics character Jean Grey
  • "Phoenix", an alias of Marvel Comics character Rachel Grey
• Phoenix (manga), a manga by Osamu Tezuka (original Japanese title: Hi no Tori)

Films

• Phoenix (1998 film), starring Ray Liotta

Literature

• The Phoenix, a 1999 play written by Morgan Spurlock
• de Ave Phoenice, a poem attributed to Lactantius
• The Phoenix (Anglo-Saxon), an Old English poem based on de Ave Phoenice
• Phoenix: A Summary of the Inescapable Conditions of World Reorganisation, a 1942 sociological work by H. G. Wells
• The Phoenix (novel), a 2000 German historical novel by Henning Boëtius

Magazines and journals

• The Phoenix (art journal), edited by James Cooney and Henry Miller
• The Phoenix (magazine), an Irish news and satire magazine
• Phoenix (classics journal), a Canadian classics journal
• Phoenix (literary magazine), a Russian samizdat journal published by Yuri Galanskov

Music

• Phoenix (band), a French pop/rock band
• Phoenix, or Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian band
• Phoenix Organs, a maker of electronic organs
• Phoenix, the nickname of Dave Farrell, bass guitarist in Linkin Park
• Phoenix (Labelle album), 1975 album by Labelle
• Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album), 1980 album by Dan Fogelberg
• Phoenix (Pink Turns Blue album), a 2005 album by Pink Turns Blue
• The Phoenix (Lyfe Jennings album), a 2006 album by Lyfe Jennings
• "Phoenix", a song on the 2000 Stratovarius album Infinite
• "Phoenix", a song on the 2004 The Prodigy album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned

Newspapers

• The Phoenix (newspaper), a collective name of alternative weekly newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and Portland, Maine
• Loyola Phoenix, a newspaper of Loyola University Chicago
• The Phoenix (Swarthmore), a newspaper of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Sports

• Wellington Phoenix FC, a football (soccer) club from New Zealand which plays in the Australian A-League
• Phoenix Coyotes, an NHL hockey team based in Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix Suns, an NBA basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix International Raceway, a race track in Phoenix, Arizona
• Yorkshire Phoenix, the name for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in one-day games
• Elon Phoenix, the intercollegiate athletic teams for Elon University
• Manchester Phoenix, a British ice hockey club playing in the Elite Ice Hockey League
• Phoenix Baia Mare, a defunct football club from Baia Mare, Romania
• Phoenix Racing, a NASCAR team owned by James Finch
• Phoenix, a sports festival organised by the Recreation Committee of The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

Television

• Phoenix (TV series), a 1992-1993 Australian police drama
• The Phoenix (2004 TV series), a MBC Korean drama starring Eric Mun
• The Phoenix (1982 TV series), a short-lived American science fiction series starring Judson Scott
• Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong based television broadcaster
• Phoenix (German TV station)
• Phoenix (Star Trek), the name of a fictional spacecraft in the Star Trek universe, as well as the name of a Federation starship in The Wounded (TNG episode)
• Phoenix Organization, a semi-scientific, semi-occult group conducting research into near-death experiences in the television series John Doe

Video and arcade games

• Phoenix Lestrade, a Formula Zero pilot in the F-Zero AX video game and a hidden character in F-Zero GX
• Phoenix Rod, a weapon from the Heretic video game universe
• Fire Phoenix, a fictional mecha from the Zoids model series, which also features heavily in the related Zoids: Fuzors anime
• Phoenix International, a corporation that appears in the James Bond video game 007: Nightfire
• God Phoenix, the name of a fictional air/space/under-water craft in the anime Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
• Phoenix (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game
• Phoenix, a Caldari Dreadnought in the EVE Online game
• Phoenix, a camera-guided anti-vehicular weapon of the New Conglomerate in the MMOFPS PlanetSide
• Phoenix is a recurring summon in the Final Fantasy series of RPGs; following in the mythological theme, it revives party members and deals fire damage to enemies.
• Phoenix, a starship in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.

Astronomy and space exploration

• Phoenix (constellation), a minor southern constellation
• Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy, a small galaxy
• Phoenix (spacecraft), a planned NASA mission to Mars
• Phoenix (VTOL spacecraft), American VTOL orbital launch vehicle design study 1982-1988
• EADS Phoenix, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle
• Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals

Biology

• Phoenix (plant), genus of trees within the palm family Arecaceae (including the Date Palm)

Companies

• Phoenix Venture Holdings, a British company
• Phoenix Natural Gas, a utility company in Northern Ireland
• Phoenix AG, an industrial company based in Hamburg, Germany producing industrial rubber-based products
• PHOENIX Group, a pharmaceutical company based in Mannheim Germany
• Phoenix Motorcars, a California-based company that focuses on developing electric vehicles

Computing

• Phoenix Object Basic, a software-based objective programming language
• Phoenix (computer), an IBM mainframe at Cambridge University
• Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer
• Phoenix, former name of the Mozilla Firefox web browser
• Phoenix Framework, a codename for Microsoft's upcoming compiler and analysis tools which will form the basis of future versions of Microsoft Visual Studio

Maritime (civil)

• Phoenix (boat), the first steamboat to sail the open ocean
• Phoenix of Nantucket (ship) or Phenix, a whaling vessel based in Nantucket 1821-1858
• Phoenix Another nineteenth century whaling vessel, based in London, and active in the Pacific in the 1820's
• Phoenix (New London) a Whaling vessel based in New London, Connecticut, later sunk as part of the Stone Fleet

Military, naval and air forces

• AIM-54 Phoenix, a long-range air-to-air missile
• HMS Phoenix, the name of fifteen ships in the Royal Navy
• Phoenix breakwaters, components of a Mulberry harbour
• Phoenix Program, CIA program in Vietnam to neutralize the noncombatant infrastructure of Viet Cong (VCI) cadres
• Phoenix (UAV), an unmanned air vehicle operated by the Royal Artillery
• Project Phoenix (South Africa), the name of the South African National Defence Force programme to revive its Reserve Force
• USS Phoenix, the name of several ships in United States Navy

Mythology

• Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes
• Fenghuang, the Asian phoenix
• Phoenix (Iliad), a character in the Iliad, tutor of Achilles and father of Adonis; or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus

People

• Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), American actor
• River Phoenix (1970–1993), American actor
• Phoenix, the handle of Nahshon Even-Chaim (born 1971), convicted Australian computer hacker
• "The Phoenix", an alias for professional wrestler Jody Fleisch (born 1980)

Places

• Phoenix, Mauritius, a town on Mauritius
• Phoenix Islands, a sparsely populated island chain in Kiribati
• Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland

In the United States:

• Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix, Illinois
• Phoenix, Maryland
• Phoenix, New York
• Phoenix, Oregon
• Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
• Phenix City, Alabama (note spelling)

Other uses

• Phoenix Patrol Challenge, the national Scoutcraft competition of Scouting Ireland
• Phoenix Project, a Virginia-based nonprofit
• Greek phoenix, first modern Greek currency
• Bristol Phoenix, a diesel-powered aircraft engine
• Phoenix (roller coaster), a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania
• Phoenix LRT Station, a Singaporean Light-rail (LRT) station operated by SMRT
• University of Phoenix, a university in the United States of America
• Phoenix Lights, one of the most witnessed UFO sightings ever
• La Fenice or "The Phoenix", a famous opera house in Venice, Italy
• Phoenix codes, police radio shorthand
• Chrysler Phoenix engine, an upcoming V6 engines family planned at Chrysler for 2010

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