phoenix

Phoenix
    n 1: the state capital and largest city located in south central
         Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a
         prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation [syn:
         {Phoenix}, {capital of Arizona}]
    2: a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found
       in Asia and Africa [syn: {phoenix}, {genus Phoenix}]
    3: 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
    4: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and
       Sculptor
    

Phenix \Phe"nix\, n.; pl. {Phenixes}. [L. phoenix, Gr. foi^nix.]
   [Written also {ph[oe]nix}.]
   1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed
      by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes.
      Hence, an emblem of immortality.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Astron.) A southern constellation.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] --Latimer.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. A person or thing that suffered destruction or defeat and
      was restored to its former state.
      [PJC]

   {to rise like a phoenix}, to resume an endeavor after an
      apparently final defeat.
      [PJC]
    

Phoenix \Ph[oe]"nix\ (f[=e]"n[i^]ks), n. [L., a fabulous bird.
   See {Phenix}.]
   1. Same as {Phenix}. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) [Capitalized] A genus of palms including the date
      tree.
      [1913 Webster]
    

PHOENIX, n.  The classical prototype of the modern "small hot bird."
    

Phoenix

   <operating system> An {operating system}, built in {BCPL} on
   top of {IBM} {MVT} and later {MVS} by {Cambridge University}
   Computing Service from 1973 to 1995, which ran on the
   university central {mainframe}.  All parts of the system were
   named after birds, including Eagle (the {job scheduler}, also
   the nearest pub), Pigeon (the mailer), {GCAL} (the text
   processor) and Wren (the command language), leading to Wren
   Libraries (a local pun).

   Phoenix was much used by {chemists} in daytime and by the rest
   of the university in the evenings, and was only abandoned in
   favour of {Unix} in 1995; it is one reason Cambridge
   made little contribution to Unix until then.

   Computing Service Phoenix closure memo
   (http://cam.ac.uk/cs/newsletter/1995/nl183/phoenix.html)

   (2003-12-05)
    

Phoenix, AZ (city, FIPS 55000)
  Location: 33.54255 N, 112.07140 W
  Population (1990): 983403 (422036 housing units)
  Area: 1087.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 85003, 85004, 85006, 85007, 85008, 85009, 85012, 85013, 85014, 85015, 85016, 85017, 85018, 85019, 85020, 85021, 85022, 85023, 85024, 85028, 85029, 85031, 85032, 85033, 85034, 85035, 85037, 85039, 85040, 85041, 85043, 85044, 85051
Phoenix, IL (village, FIPS 59572)
  Location: 41.61235 N, 87.63047 W
  Population (1990): 2217 (776 housing units)
  Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Phoenix, NY (village, FIPS 57661)
  Location: 43.23181 N, 76.29726 W
  Population (1990): 2435 (996 housing units)
  Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 13135
Phoenix, OR (city, FIPS 57500)
  Location: 42.27449 N, 122.81597 W
  Population (1990): 3239 (1425 housing units)
  Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 97535
    

Phoenix, AZ -- U.S. city in Arizona
   Population (2000):    1321045
   Housing Units (2000): 495832
   Land area (2000):     474.864719 sq. miles (1229.893925 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.227065 sq. miles (0.588095 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    475.091784 sq. miles (1230.482020 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            55000
   Located within:       Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
   Location:             33.528370 N, 112.076300 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     85003 85004 85006 85007 85008 85009
                         85012 85013 85014 85015 85016 85017
                         85018 85019 85020 85021 85022 85023
                         85024 85028 85029 85031 85032 85033
                         85034 85035 85037 85039 85040 85041
                         85043 85044 85051
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Phoenix, AZ
    Phoenix
    

Phoenix, NY -- U.S. village in New York
   Population (2000):    2251
   Housing Units (2000): 1041
   Land area (2000):     1.144859 sq. miles (2.965170 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.105079 sq. miles (0.272154 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.249938 sq. miles (3.237324 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            57661
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             43.231324 N, 76.298066 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     13135
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Phoenix, NY
    Phoenix
    

Phoenix, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    2157
   Housing Units (2000): 846
   Land area (2000):     0.450739 sq. miles (1.167408 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.450739 sq. miles (1.167408 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            59572
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.612333 N, 87.630545 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Phoenix, IL
    Phoenix
    

Phoenix, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
   Population (2000):    4060
   Housing Units (2000): 1850
   Land area (2000):     1.249290 sq. miles (3.235647 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.249290 sq. miles (3.235647 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            57500
   Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
   Location:             42.274523 N, 122.818748 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     97535
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Phoenix, OR
    Phoenix