Meaning

5 senses
  1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.

    Trojaner, Trojanerin, Troer

    троя́нецtrojánec, троя́нкаtrojánka

    троя́нецьtrojánecʹ, троя́нкаtrojánka

    a native of ancient Troy

  2. A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.

  3. A Trojan asteroid.

  4. An object residing at a Trojan point.

  5. One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.

    to study like a Trojan

Examples

26 sentences
  1. The proud Trojan city was taken at last.

    deAm Ende wurde das stolze Troja genommen. — samueldora

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  2. Homer's Iliad is dedicated to the Trojan War.

    ru"Илиада" Гомера посвящена Троянской войне. — LanguagesLover

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  3. This new operating system is literally a Trojan horse.

  4. Tagalog is a Trojan Horse full of Spanish words.

  5. Lucy aims to fly near seven of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Origin

From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin

From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

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Forms

plural: Trojans

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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