Troy

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Troy

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• IPA^(key): /tɹɔɪ/
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From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).

Troy

1. (historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Why should I war without the walls of Troy,
     That find such cruel battle here within?

2. A male given name.
3. 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 unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
   12. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Troy Township.

• Ilium

• Mitchel Troy

From Old French Troyes.

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.

• Tory, ryot, tory, tyro