Phoenix (Disambiguation)

• In mythology,
• A mythological creature, the Phoenix
• A character in the Iliad, tutor of Achilles and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus; see: Phoenix (Iliad)
• In biology, the genus Phoenix of trees within the palm family Arecaceae (including the Date Palm)
• In astronomy and space exploration,
• Phoenix (constellation) is a minor southern constellation.
• Phoenix (spacecraft), a planned NASA mission to Mars
• The EADS Phoenix, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle
• Project Phoenix (SETI) is a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals.
• In computing,
• Phoenix Object Basic, a software-based objective programming language.
• The Phoenix operating system shell was developed at Cambridge University for their IBM mainframe
• Phoenix Technologies, a BIOS manufacturer.
• Phoenix is the former name of the Mozilla Firefox web browser
• In television,
• A TV show: Phoenix (TV series)
• Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based television broadcaster
• A German TV station: Phoenix (German TV station)
• The name of a fictional spacecraft in the Star Trek universe. See Phoenix (Star Trek).
• In comics,
• A Marvel Comics superhero or entity (either Jean Grey, Rachel Summers, or the Phoenix (comics))
• A manga by Osamu Tezuka. See Phoenix (manga) (Original Japanese title: Hi no Tori).
• The name of several ships:
• USS Phoenix (CL-46)
• USS Phoenix (SSN-702)
• Phoenix, first steamboat to sail the open ocean
• Some places named Phoenix:
• Phoenix, Mauritius
• Phoenix Islands A sparsely populated island chain in Kiribati.
• In the United States:
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix, Illinois
• Phoenix, Maryland
• Phoenix, New York
• Phoenix, Oregon
• (Note also places named Phoenixville.)
• Miscellaneous:
• Phoenix was the name of the first modern Greek currency.
• AIM-54 Phoenix, a long-range air-to-air missile
• Bristol Phoenix, a diesel-powered aircraft engine
• Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian rock band
• An Irish magazine: Phoenix (magazine)
• Operation Phoenix is a program undertaken by the CIA in Vietnam to "neutralize" the civilian population.
• A nickname sometimes used for Japan after WWII
• The name of a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
• A newspaper of Loyola University Chicago called Loyola Phoenix.
• Phoenix is the name of a 1980 arcade game
• the nickname of Dave Farrell, a bass guitarist in the nu metal band Linkin Park
• Project Phoenix is the name of the South African National Defence Force programme to revive its Reserve Force.

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