Troy
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //tɹɔɪ//
A male given name.
proper noun
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historicalAn ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
Why should I war without the walls of Troy, That find such cruel battle here within?
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A male given name.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Pike County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Madison County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A township and town therein, in Perry County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Doniphan County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Waldo County, Maine.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Montgomery County, North Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Miami County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Troy Township.
Etymology
From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).
proper noun
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A surname from Old French derived from the city Troyes in France.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Are you sure you don't speak Spanish, Troy? DS Gavin Troy : Positive. Barnaby: Name like 'Troy', it must mean something in Spanish. 'Accident', maybe, as in 'Didn't I always tell you Bill Carter's death was one?'
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A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
Etymology
From Old French Troyes.