Troy

Troy

See also: troy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

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Etymology 1

From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).

Proper noun

Troy

1. (historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Pike County, Alabama.
   2. A township and town therein, in Perry County, Indiana.
   3. A small city, the county seat of Doniphan County, Kansas.
   4. A city in Michigan.
   5. A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Missouri.
   6. A city, the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York.
   7. A town, the county seat of Montgomery County, North Carolina.
   8. A city, the county seat of Miami County, Ohio.
   9. A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
   10. A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
   11. A town and unincorporatedcommunity in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
   12. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Troy Township.

Synonyms

• Ilium

Derived terms

• Trojan
• Trojan horse
• Troyish

Translations

an ancient city — See also translations at Ilium

Afrikaans: Troje Albanian: Troja f Amharic: ትሮያ f (təroya) Aragonese: Troya f Armenian: Տրոյա (hy) (Troya) Asturian: Troya f Azerbaijani: Troya Bashkir: Троя (Troya) Basque: Troia Belarusian: Троя f (Trója) Bengali: ট্রয় (ṭrôyô) Breton: Troia f Bulgarian: Троя f (Troja) Burmese: ထရွိုင်းမြို့ (hta.rwuing:mrui.) Catalan: Troia f Chechen: Тарша (Tarša) Chinese: Cantonese: 特洛伊 (dak6 lok6 ji1) Mandarin: 特洛伊 (zh) (Tèluòyī) Czech: Trója (cs) f Danish: Troja Dutch: Troje (nl) n Esperanto: Trojo Estonian: Trooja (et) Finnish: Troija (fi) French: Troie (fr) f Friulian: Troie f Galician: Troia (gl) f Georgian: ტროა (ṭroa) German: Troja (de) n, Troia (de) n Greek: Τροία (el) f (Troía) Ancient: Τροία (Troía) Hindi: त्राय (trāy), ट्रॉय (ṭrŏy) Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wilusa), 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 (Truwisa) Hungarian: Trója (hu) Icelandic: Trója f, Trójuborg f Ido: Troya (io) Indonesian: Troya Interlingua: Troia Irish: an Traí f Italian: Troia f Jamaican Creole: Chrai Japanese: トロイ (Toroi) Korean: 트로이 (Teuroi) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Troya (ku) f, Truva (ku) f Kyrgyz: Троя (Troya) Latin: Teucria f, Troia (la) f Latvian: Troja f Limburgish: Troje n Lithuanian: Troja f Luxembourgish: Troja n Macedonian: Троја f (Troja) Malayalam: ട്രോയ് (ṭrōyŭ) Maltese: Trojja f Marathi: ट्रॉय n (ṭrŏy) Mingrelian: ტროა (ṭroa) Nepali: ट्रोय (ṭroya) Norman: Trouaie f Norwegian: Bokmål: Troja n Nynorsk: Troja n Occitan: Tròia f Old English: Trōia f Picard: Troée f Polish: Troja (pl) f Portuguese: Troia (pt) f Punjabi: ਟਰੌਏ (ṭarauē) Quechua: Troya Rhine Franconian: Troja Romanian: Troia f Romansch: Troja f Russian: Тро́я (ru) f (Trója) Scottish Gaelic: Tròidh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Тро́ја f Roman: Trója (sh) f Sicilian: Troia f Sinhalese: ට්‍රෝයි (ṭrōyi) Slovak: Trója f Slovene: Troja (sl) f Spanish: Troya (es) f Swahili: Troia Swedish: Troja (sv) n Tagalog: Troya Tamil: திராய் (ta) (tirāy) Thai: ทรอย (troi) Turkish: Troya (tr), Truva (tr) Uzbek: Cyrillic: Троя (Troya) Roman: Troya Venetian: Troia f Waray-Waray: Troya Welsh: Caerdroea f West Flemish: Troje West Frisian: Troaje n Yiddish: טרויאַ‎ f (troya) Zazaki: Troya

Etymology 2

From Old French Troyes.

Proper noun

Troy

1. A surname from Old French derived from the city Troyes in France.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.

Anagrams

• Tory, ryot, tory, tyro