Firebird
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Firebird and fire bird may refer to:
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[edit] Music
- The Firebird, a ballet for which Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) composed the music.
- Firebird (band), a late 1990s/2000s blues-based power trio.
- Firebird (trumpet), a trumpet with valves and slide invented by Maynard Ferguson.
- Gibson Firebird, a solid-body electric guitar from the early 1960's.
[edit] Fiction
- Taiyō no Yūsha Firebird an anime that aired from 1991-1992.
- Firebird (Russian folklore)
- Firebird (Marvel Comics), the name of a character appearing in Marvel Comics publications
- Firebird (Amalgam Comics), an amalgamated character appearing in the Amalgam comic books jointly published by both DC and Marvel
- Firebird, first novel of a trilogy, named for the protagonist Firebird Angelo
[edit] Software
- Firebird (database server), a database management system forked from the open sources of InterBase from Borland.
- Firebird, a defunct games software label owned by Telecomsoft.
- Hino Tori, a computer game known as Firebird in Europe, developed by Konami, Japan in 1987.
- Mozilla Firebird, former name of the Mozilla Firefox browser (also formerly known as Phoenix)
- Firebird BBS, is one of two main telnet-based systems developed in Taiwan. It is also popular in Hong Kong and mainland China.
- Firebirds (computer game), computer game for the ZX Spectrum released in 1983.
[edit] Sport
- Wellington Firebirds, a New Zealand First-Class cricket team based in Wellington.
- Firebird International Raceway, a dragstrip and motorsports park in Phoenix, Arizona.
[edit] Birds
Various species with brilliant red or orange plumage:
[edit] Automobiles
- Pontiac Firebird, an American muscle car
- General Motors Firebird series of concept cars