Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.

    trojanisch

    троя́нскийtrojánskij

    троя́нськийtrojánsʹkyj, троя́нськаtrojánsʹka

    of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants

  2. (not comparable)Involving great strength or endurance.

  3. (not comparable)Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.

  4. (not comparable)Malicious but disguised as legitimate

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

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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relating to the city Troy:
Deutsch
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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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