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English word phoenix comes from Ancient Greek Φοῖνῐξ, Egyptian bnw, and later Old French fenix (Phoenix (mythical bird).)

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Φοῖνῐξ (Ancient Greek)

bnw (Egyptian)

The Bennu or phoenix, a divine being and a bird into which the dead could transform.

φοῖνιξ (Ancient Greek)

phoenix (Latin)

Phoenician Phoenician Phoenix.

phenix (Malayalam)

fenix (Old French)

Phoenix (mythical bird).

phoenix (English)

(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.. (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.. (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.. (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for [...]

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