troy

¹

[ troi ]

adjective

1. expressed or computed in troy weight.

Troy

²

[ troi ]

noun

1. Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in northwestern Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
2. a city in southeastern Michigan, near Detroit.
3. a city in eastern New York, on the Hudson River.
4. a city in western Ohio.
5. a city in southern Alabama.
6. a male given name.

Troy

/ trɔɪ /

noun

1. any of nine ancient cities in NW Asia Minor, each of which was built on the ruins of its predecessor. The seventh was the site of the Trojan War (mid-13th century bc ) Greek nameIlion Latin nameIlium Trojan

Troy

1. The ancient city inhabited by the Trojans; the site of the legendary Trojan War (see also Trojan War ) of classical mythology . The ruins of Troy were found in the nineteenth century in the western part of what is now Turkey .

Word History and Origins

Origin of troy¹

1350–1400; Middle English troye, after Troyes, France, where it was standard

Origin of troy²

From Latin Trōia, name of the city and the surrounding country, from Greek Troía, said to be named after Trōs, mythical founder of the city; related to Hittite Taruwisa, Truisa, Truwisa

Example Sentences

The abduction of Helen by Prince Paris triggered the Trojan War in “The Iliad” and in numerous remakes down to Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 film “Troy.”

From Washington Post

The prison is in Troy, about 110 miles southwest of the District.

From Washington Post

Asides throughout reveal that Briseis is telling this story from a vantage point 50 years on and hint that there will be another volume to chronicle her life after Troy.

From Washington Post

From age 17 to 19, Foote attended the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York.

From Nautilus

There have been some amazingly close games — Texas A&M inched past Troy with some questionable refereeing — and an upset that took the FiveThirtyEight Excitement Index all the way to 11 as Wright State beat Arkansas.

From FiveThirtyEight

That was the sad and screwy logic that propelled Douglas McAuthur McCain and his pal Troy Kastigar.

From The Daily Beast

One of them, Troy Jones, a 19-year-old aspiring photojournalist, remembered Brown from the scrimmage line.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, tired of laying siege to Troy, the Greeks build a large wooden horse, leave it outside the city gates, and go away.

From The Daily Beast

Following the 2004 movie Troy, starring Brad Pitt, Canakkale bought the Trojan Horse used in the film and put it in a public park.

From The Daily Beast

When Odysseus journeyed back from Troy, his men tied him to the mast of his ship when the Sirens tempted him to leave it.

From The Daily Beast

Whether their hearts were turned Troy-ward in the gean or to some small unsung British tre or Troynovant, who can tell?

From Project Gutenberg

For, because the Romans sacrifice a horse, he immediately concludes that they do it because Troy was taken by means of a horse.

From Project Gutenberg

I like the Wall of Troy design you are using, and the blues and gray will be a good combination.

From Project Gutenberg

Zeus reflects on his promise, and sends a false Dream to beguile Agamemnon, promising that now he shall take Troy.

From Project Gutenberg

Paris was a shepherd of Mount Ida, in Troy, and before him the lovely trio appeared in all their wonderful beauty.

From Project Gutenberg