Phoenix (disambiguation)
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Phoenix may refer to:
- The Phoenix, which also has several meanings
- In astronomy and space exploration,
- Phoenix, a minor southern constellation.
- Phoenix, a planned NASA mission to Mars
- The EADS Phoenix, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle
- Project Phoenix is a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals.
- In biology, the genus Phoenix of trees within the palm family Arecaceae (including the Date Palm)
- In comics,
- A Marvel Comics superhero or entity (either Jean Grey, Rachel Summers, or the The Phoenix)
- A manga by Osamu Tezuka. See Phoenix (manga) (Original Japanese title: Hi no Tori).
- 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 mythology,
- In naval operations, it is the name of several ships:
- Several ships named USS Phoenix in the United States Navy
- Phoenix, first steamboat to sail the open ocean.
- 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.)
- Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland
- In literature and video entertainment,
- Phoenix, a television series
- Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based television broadcaster
- Phoenix, a German television station
- Phoenix, the name of a fictional spacecraft in the Star Trek universe
- Films
- Simon Phoenix is the name of the villain played by Wesley Snipes in the movie Demolition Man
- The Flight of the Phoenix, (1964) novel by Elleston Trevor; remade into the following two films
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), starring James Stewart
- Flight of the Phoenix (2004), starring Randy Quaid
- Flight to the Phoenix (2005), starring Tom Hanks
- Miscellaneous:
- Phoenix, 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
- Operation Phoenix,CIA program in Vietnam to "neutralize" the civilian population
- Phoenix, a nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II
- Phoenix, a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
- Loyola Phoenix, a newspaper of Loyola University Chicago
- Phoenix, the name of a 1980 arcade game
- Phoenix, a French pop band
- Phoenix, the nickname of Dave Farrell, a bass guitarist in the nu metal band Linkin Park
- Project Phoenix, the name of the South African National Defence Force programme to revive its Reserve Force.
See also: Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
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