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Wednesday, 24 October 2012
فينيكس phoenix
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word فينيكس
(finiks)
means phoenix and seems that it derives from the ancient greek
word Φοίνιξ
(finiks) which referred to the mythical bird which is reborn from its
ashes. The same myth was in ancient Egypt according to Herodotus.
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