the state capital of Arizona; population 1,567,924 (est. 2008). Its dry climate makes it a popular winter resort
(in classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle
(in classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle
a group of eight islands lying just south of the equator in the western Pacific. They form a part of Kiribati
emerge renewed after apparent disaster or destruction
a tall palm tree which bears clusters of dates, native to western Asia and North Africa