What does the WORD mean? I mean, in a literal translation. And what language is it? Can anybody help? Does anyone know where to look?
2007-08-16 14:15:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The boy's and girl's name Phoenix \pho(e)-nix\ is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "dark red". The mythical Arabian bird known as the phoenix is a symbol of immortality. After living for centuries, it dies, and rises from its own ashes. Also the name of a city in the southwestern US state of Arizona. Actors Leaf, Joaquin, and the late River Phoenix.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Phoenix
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:phoenix&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
2007-08-16 14:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The explanation of "Rise from the ashes" above is a good one. My son is attending Elon University - and the mascot is a Phoenix. They chose that after the school burned to the ground in the early 1920's and they rose like a "phoenix from the ashes" to rebuild the school.
2007-08-16 14:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by LaLa 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Main Entry: phoe·nix
Pronunciation: \ˈfē-niks\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fenix, from Old English, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix
Date: before 12th century
: a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period; also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix
— phoe·nix·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
2007-08-16 14:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
1.(sometimes initial capital letter) a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope.
2.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. a southern constellation between Hydrus and Sculptor.
3.a person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; paragon.
4.a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation.
try and encyclopedia - find out where the word originated from and maybe what it meant it that language or something like that - hope i could help!
2007-08-16 14:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by cutiepatutie3271 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A phoenix was a bird from ancient Egyptian mythology, so the word came from the Egyptian.
2007-08-16 14:19:23 · answer #5 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It can also mean to rise from the ashes. Like after somthing has been destroyed, it rises and lives again.
2007-08-16 14:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
wikipedia
2007-08-16 14:27:32 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Fancy Pants 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
phoenix = firebird, look in wikipedia.
2007-08-16 14:21:04 · answer #8 · answered by bluesky 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋