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The modern English word phoenix entered the English language from Latin, later reinforced by French. The word first entered the English language by way of a borrowing of Latin phoenīx into Old English (fenix). This borrowing was later reinforced by French influence, which had also borrowed the Latin noun.
In the Star Trek universe, Phoenix is the name given to the first man-made spacecraft to travel faster than light. It is named Phoenix because in the Star Trek timeline, the Earth was still recovering from the ravages of World War III, and represents a reborn and bright future for humanity. There was also a Federation starship called the USS ...
Getty Images Renowned for its heat waves, towering palm trees, vast open skies and myriad of cacti, Phoenix is the country's 5th largest metropolitan area. Though a very friendly city, visitors ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Chol (Hebrew: חוֹל ḥōl), in most passages of the Hebrew Bible, is a word for sand. [1] The Leningrad Codex reads: אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃ ’omar ‘im-qinni ’egva‘; vekhachol, ’arbeh yamim. —
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
Paris Hilton’s son Phoenix has learned a new word!. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, Hilton posted a hilarious video on TikTok of the moment she captured Phoenix, 2, dropping the F-bomb on camera. “I know ...
The related ending -ean, from an e in the root plus a suffix -an, has traditionally been stressed (that is, / ˈ iː ə n /) if the e is long ē in Latin (or is from η ē in Greek); but if the e is short in Latin, the suffix is pronounced the same as -ian.