Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- An ancient city of northwest Asia Minor near the Dardanelles. Originally a Phrygian city dating from the Bronze Age, it is the legendary site of the Trojan War and was captured and destroyed by Greek forces c. 1200 B.C. The ruins of Troy were discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1871.
- A city of southeast Michigan, a residential and industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,100.
- A city of eastern New York on the Hudson River northeast of Albany. Settled in the 1780s, it is a manufacturing center with a clothing industry. Population: 48,000.
Wiktionary
- n. An ancient city in what is now Turkey.
- n. A surname derived from Troyes in France.
- n. A male given name, originally transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
Examples
“JERRY SCHERLING, TROY, MICHIGAN, POLICE: Basically, this is an office building in Troy, Michigan, in the area of Long Lake and Northfield Parkway (ph).”
“Together we will secure his legacy, and the world will remember the name Troy Anthony Davis.”
The Huffington Post: Benjamin Todd Jealous: The World Will Remember Troy's Name
“Investigators identified Ms. Orna by distinctive tattoos on her body: a butterfly and the name Troy on her back and a pair of lips on her left breast area, the official said.”
“This year, because of a couple of different forces having to do both with enrollments and the local housing market, housing in Troy is going to be very difficult to find.”
“Cato at length grew so famous among them, that when Sylla designed to exhibit the sacred game of young men riding courses on horseback, which they called Troy, having gotten together the youth of good birth, he appointed two for their leaders.”
“But don't look for Pitt to adopt the enormous muscles and skimpy leather he wore in "Troy" (sorry, girls.)”
Brad Pitt Going On A Sci-Fi ‘Odyssey’ for Warner Bros. » MTV Movies Blog
“I mean the guy's age appropriate and after watching him as Patroclus in Troy he obviously could pull it off physically.”
“QUOTE TO NOTE: Troy is one of the best shot makers in the country.”
“We, here in Troy, are lucky enough to have a local office downtown on the second floor of the First …”
“Written in clipped, precise, instantly recognizable prose, The Fall of Troy is a novel about oppositesof truth and deception, fact and fiction, history and romance, love and loyalty. ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Troy’.
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Here We Have Idaho
A list of places and names in the northwestern state of Idaho. Please add your favorites.
Here We Have Idaho is the title of the state song.
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
depict, delegation, daughter, Dardanus, Dardanian, Dardan, Hellespont, cupbearer, Crete, Cretan, Creon, copulate and 713 more...
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Theophilus North
Words from the novel by Thornton Wilder.
Theophilus, bicycle, Newport, cully, Persis, Hard-hearted Hannah, lazaret, jalopy, Gulliver, tennis, typewrite, breathings and 290 more...
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