Phoenix

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Phoenix most often refers to:

Phoenix may also refer to:

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[edit] Arts, literature, entertainment

[edit] Comics

  • Phoenix (comics), a fictional cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics universe, and the associated characters:
    • "Phoenix", alias of Marvel Comics character Jean Grey
    • "Phoenix", alias of Marvel Comics character Rachel Grey
  • Phoenix (manga), a manga by Osamu Tezuka (original Japanese title: Hi no Tori)
  • Phoenix Ikki, a character from the manga Saint Seiya

[edit] Films

[edit] Television

  • Phoenix (TV series), a 1992-1993 Australian police drama
  • The Phoenix (2004 TV series), an MBC Korean drama starring Eric Mun
  • The Phoenix (1982 TV series), a short-lived American science fiction series starring Judson Scott
  • Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong based television broadcaster
  • Phoenix (German TV station), a German publicly-funded television station
  • Phoenix (Star Trek), the name of two fictional spacecraft in the Star Trek universe
  • Phoenix Foundation, a non-profit think tank and government contractor from tv-series MacGyver. Later in the series the employer of the eponymous title character.
  • Phoenix Organization, a semi-scientific, semi-occult group conducting research into near-death experiences in the television series John Doe
  • Phoenix Nights, a British sitcom
  • The Phoenix is the fifth Daedalus class battlecruiser in the television series Stargate Atlantis
  • Phoenix (American Gladiator) Character on the television show American Gladiators.

[edit] Literature

[edit] Magazines and journals

[edit] Newspapers

  • The Phoenix (newspaper), a collective name of alternative weekly newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and Portland, Maine
  • Loyola Phoenix, a newspaper of Loyola University Chicago
  • The Phoenix, a student newspaper of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
  • The Phoenix, a student conservative journal of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana

[edit] Music

[edit] Sports

[edit] Video and arcade games

[edit] Astronomy and space exploration

[edit] Biology

[edit] Companies

[edit] Computing

[edit] Maritime (civil) ships and boats

  • Phoenix (boat), steamship built 1806-07, the first steamboat to sail the open ocean
  • Phoenix (ship) or Phenix, a whaling vessel based in Nantucket (1821-1858), discoverer of Winslow Reef
  • Phoenix (of London), nineteenth century whaling vessel based in London and active in the Pacific in the 1820s, discoverer of Phoenix Island (Rawaki)
  • USS Phoenix (1861), whaler of New London, sunk in the Stone Fleet, 1861
  • Phoenix of New Bedford, whaler
  • Phoenix (Moore), Captain Hugh Moore. British East India ship, wintered in the Columbia River in 1794
  • Phoenix (Alaska) the first ship built in the Russian colony of Alaska (1794-1799)
  • Sao Jao y Fenix, also known as Fenis and St. Joseph, a 50-foot open boat involved in the Vancouver Expedition
  • Phoenix (tall ship), of Dell Quay
Disambiguation notice This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.


[edit] Military, naval and air forces

[edit] Ships

  • HMS Phoenix, the name of fifteen ships in the Royal Navy
  • USS Phoenix, the name of several ships in United States Navy

[edit] Others


[edit] Mythology

  • Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes
  • Fenghuang, the Asian phoenix
  • Phoenix (Iliad), a character in the Iliad, tutor of Achilles and father of Adonis; or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus
  • Phoenix (son of Agenor), in Greek mythology was a son of Agenor

[edit] People

[edit] Places

In the United States:

[edit] Other uses

The Phoenix Sorority, New York City Fellowship organization for young women

[edit] See also