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 ]

a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

[ Syn: genus phoenix ]

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

a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

[ Syn: phoenix ]