noun

• (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
  "burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood"
• (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
  "Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes."
• (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
• (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
  "The national currency, the phoenix, which had been established by Kapodistrias, was renamed after an ancient Greek coin, the drachma."

verb

• (Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
  "Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades."

name

• (mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.
• (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.
• (Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.
• (as "the Phoenix") A nickname sometimes used for Japan after World War II.