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phoenix
has definitions from the fields of government,geography,classical mythology,biology,botany,astronomy
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[ noun ] (government,geography) the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)In an effort to fortify himself against the unforeseen upsets sure to arise in the future , Herbert_A._Leggett , banker editor of the Phoenix `` Arizona_Progress '' , reflects upon a_few of the depressing experiences of the feverish fifties . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (astronomy) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
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[ noun ] (biology,botany) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8893
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[ noun ] (classical mythology) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years
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