Phoebe

Phoebe or Phebe is a female given name.

Mythology

*Phoebe (mythology), one of the Titans.
*One of the Heliades
*Phoebe (Leucippides), the daughter of Leucippus
*Another name for Artemis
*Helen's sister, daughter of Leda

Nature

*"Phoebe" (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the Lauraceae family
*Phoebe (bird), the common name for birds of genus "Sayornis" in the tyrant flycatcher family
*Phoebe (moon), a small outer moon of Saturn

Books

*Phoebe, a shepherdess in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
*Phoebe, a word used in Jacek Dukaj's science fiction novel "Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość" derived from the acronym of "post-human being"
* Phoebe, the little sister of Holden Caulfield in the book "Catcher in the Rye"
*Phoebe Winterbottom, the best friend of Salmanca Tree Hiddle in "Walk Two Moons"

=Film and television=

* Phoebe Buffay, a main character in the sitcom "Friends", portrayed by Lisa Kudrow
* Phoebe Dinsmore, a character (diction coach) in the movie "Singin' in the rain"
* Phoebe Halliwell, a main character on the television drama series "Charmed", portrayed by Alyssa Milano
* Phoebe Terese, one of the girls in Ms. Frizzle's class on the television series "The Magic School Bus"
* Phoebe, a character from the "'Monster's Clubhouse'" segment of "Sesame Street"
* Phoebe, a character in the British radio soap opera "The Archers"
* Phoebe, one of the three Weird Sisters in the television series "Gargoyles", said to represent Grace
* Phoebe, one of the main characters of the television series "Hey Arnold!"
* Phoebe, a "Bratz" character
* Phoebe Cates, American actress in movies like "Gremlins" and "Drop Dead Fred"
* Phoebe North, one of the characters of the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours
* Detective Phoebe O'Hara, a fictional FBI agent in "Kindergarten Cop", portrayed by Pamela Reed
* Phoebe Forrester, Daughter of Ridge and Taylor, in the television series the "Bold and the Beautiful"
* Phoebe Banks, a fictional character of Disney's Enchanted

Games

*Phoebe, a character from Square's "Final Fantasy Mystic Quest" video game
* Phoebe (Pokémon), a member of the Hoenn Elite Four from Pokémon

Music

* Phoebe Snow (musician)

Religion

*Phoebe (Christian woman), a Corinthian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 16:1 as a deaconess of the early Christian church

cience and technology

*Phoebe (moon), a small outer moon of Saturn
*Phoebe (computer), Acorn Computers's never-released successor to the Risc PC

Transportation

*Phoebe Snow (character) was a fictional character created to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and, in later years, the name of a pair of passenger trains
*HMS "Phoebe"

ee also

* Phoebus, another mythological figure


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  • Phoebe — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Phoebe puede referirse a: En botánica, Phoebe es un género de plantas con flores de la familia Lauraceae. Phoebe RISC PC era un ordenador de Acorn Computers que nunca llegó a lanzarse. Phoebe Buffay es el nombre de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • phoebe — small North American flycatcher, pewit, 1700, phebe, so called in imitation of its cry; spelling altered 1839 by influence of the woman s proper name PHOEBE (Cf. Phoebe) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Phoebe — Phoebe, Phöbe griechischer Ursprung, Bedeutung: die Glänzende, Reine. Bekannt als Großmutter der griechischen Mondgöttin Artemis, die den Beinamen Phoebe trägt …   Deutsch namen

  • phoebe — ☆ phoebe [fē′bē ] n. [echoic, with sp. after PHOEBE] any of a genus (Sayornis) of tyrant flycatchers with a grayish or brown back …   English World dictionary

  • Phoebe — Ph[oe] be, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The pewee, or pewit. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Phoebe — PHOEBE, es, Gr. Φοίβη, ης, (⇒ Tab. II.) des Cölus und der Tellus oder der Erde Tochter. Apollod. l. I. c. 1. §. 3. Sie zeugete mit dem Coeus, ihrem Bruder, die Asteria und Latona. Id. ib. c. 2. §. 2. Nach einigen soll sie nicht nur besagte beyde… …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • Phoebe — f English: Latinized form of the name of a Greek deity, Phoibē (from phoibos bright), partially identified with Artemis, goddess of the moon and of hunting, sister of the sun god Apollo, who was also known as Phoibos (Latin Phoebus) …   First names dictionary

  • Phoebe — fem. proper name, late 14c., originally a name of Artemis as the goddess of the moon, from Gk. phoibos bright, pure, of unknown origin. The fem. form of Phoebus, an epithet of Apollo as sun god …   Etymology dictionary

  • Phoebe — [fē′bē] n. [L < Gr Phoibē, fem. of Phoibos: see PHOEBUS] 1. a feminine name 2. Gr. Myth. Artemis as goddess of the moon: identified with the Roman Diana 3. Old Poet. the moon personified 4. the small outermost satellite of Saturn, having an… …   English World dictionary

  • Phoebe — Phoibe oder Phoebe, aus dem Griechischen φοιβος (phoibos) bedeutet „hell, rein“ bzw. „die Helle, die Leuchtende“ und ist in der griechischen Mythologie die Mondgöttin Phoibe, eine Titanin, Tochter der Gaia und des Uranos, Großmutter von Artemis,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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