Meaning & Definition of Phoenix in English

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

2. A large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in asia and africa

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