Phoenix

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Phoenix most commonly refers to:

• Phoenix (mythology), an immortal bird in ancient Greek mythology
• Phoenix, Arizona, the capital and most populous city of Arizona

Phoenix may also refer to:

Greek mythology

• Phoenix (Greek mythology), several other figures in Greek mythology, including:
  • Phoenix (son of Agenor), brother or father of Europa
  • Phoenix (son of Amyntor), king of the Dolopians who raises Achilles

Places

Arts and entertainment

Business

In business, generally:

• Phoenix company, a commercial entity which has emerged from the collapse of another through insolvency

Specific businesses named "Phoenix" include:

Military

• AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile
• BAE Systems Phoenix, an unmanned air vehicle
• HMHT-302 ("Phoenix"), a US Marine Corps helicopter squadron
• Phoenix breakwaters, a set of World War II caissons
• Phoenix Program, a Vietnam War military operation
• Project Phoenix (South Africa), a National Defence Force program

People

• Phoenix (given name)
• Phoenix (surname), multiple people
• Phoenix (drag queen), American drag performer
• Dave Farrell (born 1977), American bass guitarist, stage name Phoenix, 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, US
• Phoenix Academy (disambiguation), including several private schools
• Phoenix High School (disambiguation)

Science and technology

Ships

• HMS Phoenix, several Royal Navy ships
• Phoenix (East Indiaman), several ships that sailed for the British East India Company between 1680 and 1821
• USS Phoenix, several U.S. Navy ships
• Phoenix, involved in the 1688 Siege of Derry
• Phoenix (1792), involved in the sea otter trade
• Phoenix (1794), the first ship built in Russian America
• Phoenix (1798 ship), made one voyage in 1824 carrying convicts to Tasmania; grounded, condemned, and turned into a prison hulk; broken up in 1837
• Phoenix (steamboat), a steamboat built 1806–1807
• Phoenix (1809 ship), built in France in 1809; captured by the British Royal Navy in 1810; employed as a whaling ship from 1811 to 1829
• Phoenix (1810 ship), 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
• Phoenix (1815 steamer), a steamboat that burned on Lake Champlain in 1819; its wreck is a Vermont state historic site
• Phoenix (1821 whaler), a Nantucket whaling vessel in operation 1821–1858
• Phoenix (1845), a steamship that burned on Lake Michigan in 1847 with the loss of at least 190 lives
• USCS Phoenix, a U.S. Coast Survey ship in service from 1845 to 1858
• Phoenix (1929 ship), a Danish ship built in 1929
• Phoenix, an American 1944 which exploded and sank in the Delaware River in 1953
• SS Flying Lark, which went by the name Phoenix from 1946 to 1948
• Phoenix (fireboat), a 1955 fireboat operating in San Francisco, California
• Phoenix (1973), 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 (sports team), a list of sports teams named after the mythological creature or Phoenix, Arizona
• 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 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 codes, radio shorthand used by British police
• Phoenix National and Literary Society, 1856–1858 precursor of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
• Phoenix Pay System, a Canadian federal employee payroll system
• The Phoenix – S K Club, a social club at Harvard College
• The Phoenix Patrol Challenge, a Scoutcraft competition

See also

Titles containing "phoenix"

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• Phoenix Marketcity (disambiguation), a brand of shopping malls in India
• All pages with titles beginning with Phoenix
• All pages with titles containing Phoenix
• All pages with titles containing phoenixes

Other related terms

• Firebird (disambiguation)

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