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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 (spacecraft), a spacecraft that landed in the north polar region of Mars

Phoenix may also refer to:

Contents 1 Arts, literature, entertainment 1.1 Comics 1.2 Films 1.3 Television 1.4 Literature 1.5 Magazines and journals 1.6 Newspapers 1.7 Music 1.8 Sports 1.9 Video and arcade games 2 Astronomy and space exploration 3 Biology 4 Companies 5 Computing 6 Maritime (civil) ships and boats 7 Military, naval and air forces 7.1 Ships 7.2 Others 8 Mythology 9 People 10 Places 11 Other uses 12 See also

Arts, literature, entertainment

Comics

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

Films

• an alternative name for the 1959 film, Ten Seconds to Hell.
• Phoenix (film), a 1998 film starring Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston
• The Flight of the Phoenix, a 1964 novel, 1965 film, and 2004 remake.
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film), the fifth movie based on the Harry Potter book series
• The name assigned by the Nazis to the Stealth bomber airplane in the 1993 film, The Philadelphia Experiment II.

Television

• Phoenix (TV series), a 1992-1993 Australian police drama
• The Phoenix (2004 TV series), an 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), a German publicly-funded television station
• Phoenix (Star Trek), the name of two fictional spacecraft in the Star Trek universe
• Phoenix Foundation, a non-profit think tank and government contractor from tv-series MacGyver. Later in the series the employer of the eponymous title character.
• Phoenix Organization, a semi-scientific, semi-occult group conducting research into near-death experiences in the television series John Doe
• Phoenix Nights, a British sitcom
• Phoenix, the fifth Daedalus class battlecruiser in the television series Stargate Atlantis
• Phoenix, a character on the television show American Gladiators
• Aster Phoenix (known as Edo Phoenix in the original Japanese version) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series.

Literature

• The Phoenix, a 1999 play written by Morgan Spurlock
• The Phoenix, a novel written by Lawrence P. Bachmann, later made into a film, Ten Seconds to Hell (which is also known by the alternative name, The Phoenix)
• de Ave Phoenice, a poem attributed to Lactantius
• The Phoenix (novel), a 2000 German historical novel by Henning Boëtius
• The Phoenix on the Sword, a Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard.
• The Phoenix and the Turtle, an enigmatic poem by William Shakespeare
• Phoenix (novel), a fantasy novel by Stephen Brust
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a 2003 novel by J.K. Rowling
• David and the Phoenix, children's book by Edward Ormondroyd
• The Phoenix (play), a 1603-4 play by Thomas Middleton
• The Phoenix Nest, a 1593 anthology of poetry with numerous noted contributors

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

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, a student newspaper of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
• The Phoenix, a student conservative journal of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana

Music

• Phoenix Metropolitan Men's Chorus, a singing ensemble representing Phoenix's gay and lesbian population
• Phoenix (band), a French pop/rock band
• Crippled Black Phoenix, A British post-rock band
• Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian band
• Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album), a 1972 album by Grand Funk Railroad
• Phoenix (Labelle album), a 1975 album by Labelle
• Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album), a 1980 album by Dan Fogelberg
• The Days of the Phoenix EP, a 2001 album by AFI, and also a song on that album
• Phoenix (Pink Turns Blue album), a 2005 album by Pink Turns Blue
• The Phoenix (Lyfe Jennings album), a 2006 album by Lyfe Jennings
• Phoenix (Asia album), a 2008 album by Asia
• Phoenix (Zebrahead album), a 2008 album by Zebrahead
• "Phoenix", a song on the 1970 Wishbone Ash album Wishbone Ash
• "Phoenix", a song on the 1997 Daft Punk album Homework
• "Phoenix", a song on the 2000 Stratovarius album Infinite
• "Phoenix", a song on the 2004 The Prodigy album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
• Phoenix (Decoded Feedback song), a song on the 2003 Decoded Feedback Shockwave
• "The Phoenix Effect", a song on the 2007 Delta-S album Voyage to Isis
• "The Phoenix", an original choral/orchestral work by David Wayne Fox, premiered in May 2007 by the Phoenix Metropolitan Men's Chorus
• "Johnstone Phoenix Theatre Group", one of Scotland's longest-running Amateur Theatre Groups ref. NODA Scotland [johnstonephoenix.moonfruit.com]

Sports

• Elon Phoenix, the intercollegiate athletic teams for Elon University
• Manchester Phoenix, a British ice hockey club playing in the Elite Ice Hockey League
• Melbourne Phoenix, an Australian national netball team based in Melbourne, Australia
• Phoenix, a sports festival organised by the Recreation Committee of The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India
• Phoenix Baia Mare, a football club in Romania
• Phoenix Champ Car Grand Prix, a car race in downtown Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix Coyotes, an NHL hockey team based in Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix Cricket Club, a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland
• Phoenix Finance, attempted to enter Formula 1 in 2002, after buying some of the assets of the defunct Prost team.
• Phoenix International Raceway, a race track in Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix Mercury, a WNBA basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix Racing, a NASCAR team owned by James Finch
• Phoenix Suns, an NBA basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) Phoenix
• Wellington Phoenix FC, a football (soccer) club from New Zealand which plays in the Australian A-League
• Yorkshire Phoenix, the name for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in one-day games

Video and arcade games

• Phoenix, character in the F-Zero video games
• Phoenix (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game
• Phoenix Wright, title character of a lawyer simulation visual novel game
• Fenix (StarCraft), a hero from Starcraft
• Marcus Fenix, the main character Gears of War
• Phoenix, a fast muscle car in the Grand Theft Auto series
• Phoenix International, fictional corporation in James Bond 007: Nightfire.

Astronomy and space exploration

• Phoenix (constellation), a minor southern constellation
• Phoenix Dwarf, a small galaxy
• Phoenix (spacecraft), a NASA mission to Mars, launched in 2007
• EADS Phoenix, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle
• Project Phoenix (SETI), a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals

Biology

• Phoenix (chicken), a breed of chicken from Japan
• Phoenix (moth), the geometer moth Eulithis prunata
• Phoenix (plant), genus of trees within the palm family Arecaceae (including the Date Palm)

Companies

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

Computing

• Phoenix (compiler framework), a framework from Microsoft
• Phoenix Object Basic, a software-based objective programming language
• Phoenix (computer), an IBM mainframe at Cambridge University
• Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer
• Mozilla Firefox, a web browser that was previously known as Phoenix

Maritime (civil) ships and boats

• Phoenix a ship involved in the relief of the Protestant side in the Siege of Derry
• Phoenix (boat), steamship built 1806-07, the first steamboat to sail the open ocean
• Phoenix (ship) or Phenix, a whaling vessel based in Nantucket (1821-1858), discoverer of Winslow Reef
• Phoenix (of London), nineteenth century whaling vessel based in London and active in the Pacific in the 1820s, discoverer of Phoenix Island (Rawaki)
• USS Phoenix (1861), whaler of New London, sunk in the Stone Fleet, 1861
• Phoenix of New Bedford, whaler
• Phoenix (Moore), Captain Hugh Moore. British East India ship, wintered in the Columbia River in 1794
• Phoenix (Alaska) the first ship built in the Russian colony of Alaska (1794-1799)
• Sao Jao y Fenix, also known as Fenis and St. Joseph, a 50-foot open boat involved in the Vancouver Expedition
• Phoenix (tall ship), of Dell Quay

Military, naval and air forces

Ships

• HMS Phoenix, the name of fifteen ships in the Royal Navy
• USS Phoenix, the name of several ships in United States Navy

Others

• AIM-54 Phoenix, a long-range air-to-air missile
• HMT-302 - United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as the Phoenix.
• 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

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
• Phoenix (son of Agenor), in Greek mythology was a son of Agenor

People

• Beth Phoenix, a professional wrestler
• Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), American actor
• Lauren Phoenix (born 1979), Canadian pornographic actress
• Lena Phoenix, author
• 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)
• "Phoenix", the stage name of Dave Farrell, bass guitarist in Linkin Park
• Simon Phoenix, a fictional character in the film Demolition Man

Places

• Phoenix, Mauritius, a town on Mauritius
• Phoenix Islands, a sparsely populated island chain in Kiribati
• Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland
• Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto
• Phoenix Cinema, the oldest continuously-running cinema in London
• Phoenix, British Columbia a ghost town.

In the United States:

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

Other uses

• Phénix, a prototype fast breeder nuclear reactor in France
• Phoenix Patrol Challenge, the national scoutcraft competition of Scouting Ireland
• Phoenix Project, a Virginia-based nonprofit
• Greek phoenix, first modern Greek currency
• Order of the Phoenix (Greek order), a modern Greek order
• 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
• Pontiac Phoenix, American automobile
• The Phoenix Sorority, New York City Fellowship organization for young women
• PHOENIX Pharmahandel, a German pharmaceutical company

See also

• Phenix
• Fenix
• Phoenician
• Flight of the Phoenix (disambiguation)

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