Troia

See also: troia, troià, Tròia, and Tróia

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Troia.

Proper noun

Troia (plural Troias)

  1. A surname from Italian.
    Vincenzo Troia

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Troia f

  1. Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

Italian

Proper noun

Troia f

  1. Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)
  2. Troia (a town in Foggia, Apulia, Italy)

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Troja
  • Troga (phonetic spelling)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Troia f sg (genitive Troiae); first declension

  1. Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)
Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Troia
genitive Troiae
dative Troiae
accusative Troiam
ablative Troiā
vocative Troia
locative Troiae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Trōia

  1. inflection of Trōius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

Trōiā

  1. ablative feminine singular of Trōius

References

  1. ^ W. Sidney Allen (1978) Vox Latina, 2nd edition, page 97:
    Ter. Maurus, K. vi, 343 (see p. 39).
    i media cum conlocatur hinc et hinc uocalium,
    Troia siue Maia dicas, peior aut ieiunium, nominum primas uidemus esse uocales breues,
    i tamen sola sequente duplum habere temporis.

Further reading

  • Troia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Troia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Troia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtroː.i.ɑ/

Proper noun

Trōia m

  1. Troy

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾɔj.ɐ/ [ˈtɾɔɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾɔj.a/ [ˈtɾɔɪ̯.a]

  • Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
  • Hyphenation: Troi‧a

Proper noun

Troia f

  1. Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)
  2. a place in the parish of Carvalhal, municipality of Grândola, district of Setúbal, Portugal