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Trojan

Trojan

1 7.5
Relating to the ancient city of Troy or its people
  • adjective
  • /ˈtroʊdʒən/
translation icon : troyano
  • In fact, that's where the expression of Trojan Horse comes from.
  • the Trojan horse

It doesn't have to be about the Trojan War, you know, doesn't have to be the Eliot.

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Examples

  • Parts of our Trojan culture survived, having migrated, though utterly changed.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It became known today as the Trojan Horse.

  • Extremely thick Trojan line of food specific.

  • To clarify, you were just slain in the Trojan War Sorry about that.

  • The great Trojan plane can be viewed as a grid of Greek and Trojan encampments.

  • However, in contrast to the Chimera, the Trojan has shed much of its frontal armour and weapons systems.

  • It doesn't have to be about the Trojan War, you know, doesn't have to be the Eliot.

  • It doesn't have to be about the Trojan War, you know, doesn't have to be the Iliad.

  • The ancient city of Troy is famous for its great Trojan warriors and their legendary stories.

  • Many aspects of Trojan architecture can still be seen in the ruins of the ancient city.

Compounds

1 7.4

A person or thing that seems harmless but secretly causes harm

Trojan Horse
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Harmful software that pretends to be useful to make users install it so attackers can access and steal their data

Trojan Horse
  • Literature
4.7

A large hollow wooden horse that hides soldiers to let them enter the city of Troy secretly

trojan horse
  • Texting
6.1

A computer program that looks useful but hides harmful code

Surface Forms

Trojan positive

Morphology

Trojan = Troy (transparent) = Troy + an

The adjective meaning 'of or relating to Troy' is a regular and transparent formation from 'Troy' plus '-an'.

Etymology

Trojan as an adjective means 'from Troy' and is used for things connected to that ancient city, like Trojan society or Trojan artifacts, because they come from or relate to the place of Troy and its famous war.