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troy

[troi] Pronunciation Key,

–adjective

expressed or computed in troy weight.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME troye, after Troyes, France, where it was standard

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Troy

[troi] Pronunciation Key

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1.	Latin, Ilium. Greek, Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.

2.	a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit. 67,107.

3.	a city in E New York, on the Hudson River. 56,638.

4.	a city in W Ohio. 19,086.

5.	a city in S Alabama. 12,587.

6.	a male given name.

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troy (troi) Pronunciation Key
adj. Abbr. t.
Of or expressed in troy weight.

[Middle English troye, after Troyes.]

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Troy (troi) Pronunciation Key

also Il·i·on (ĭl'ē-ən, -ŏn') or Il·i·um (-ē-əm) An ancient city of northwest Asia Minor near the Dardanelles. Originally a Phrygian city dating from the Bronze Age, it is the legendary site of the Trojan War and was captured and destroyed by Greek forces c. 1200 B.C. The ruins of Troy were discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1871.
A city of southeast Michigan, a residential and industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,200.
A city of eastern New York on the Hudson River northeast of Albany. Settled in the 1780s, it is a manufacturing center with a clothing industry. Population: 48,300.

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troy

1390, standard system of weights for gems and precious metals, from Troyes, city in France (ancient Tricasses), former site of a fair at which this weight is said to have been used. Many medieval towns had their own standard weights. The pound troy contains 5,760 grains and is divided into 12 ounces.

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troy
noun
1.	a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
2.	an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

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Troy

The ancient city inhabited by the Trojans; the site of the legendary Trojan War of classical mythology. The ruins of Troy were found in the nineteenth century in the western part of what is now Turkey.

[Chapter:] Mythology and Folklore

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Troy Grove, IL (village, FIPS 76225) Location: 41.46543 N, 89.08112 W
Population (1990): 259 (96 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Troy, MI (city, FIPS 80700) Location: 42.58016 N, 83.14305 W
Population (1990): 72884 (27197 housing units)
Area: 86.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48083, 48084, 48098

Troy, NY (city, FIPS 75484) Location: 42.73435 N, 73.67547 W
Population (1990): 54269 (22871 housing units)
Area: 27.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12180, 12182

Troy, WV Zip code(s): 26443

Troy, NH Zip code(s): 03465

Troy, OH (city, FIPS 77588) Location: 40.04441 N, 84.21921 W
Population (1990): 19478 (8006 housing units)
Area: 22.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45373

Troy, PA (borough, FIPS 77584) Location: 41.78466 N, 76.78956 W
Population (1990): 1262 (583 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16947

Troy, SC (town, FIPS 72655) Location: 33.98736 N, 82.29681 W
Population (1990): 140 (60 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29848

Troy, TN (town, FIPS 75240) Location: 36.33953 N, 89.16160 W
Population (1990): 1047 (454 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38260

Troy, TX (city, FIPS 73748) Location: 31.19561 N, 97.30682 W
Population (1990): 1395 (546 housing units)
Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76579

Troy, VA Zip code(s): 22974

Troy, VT Zip code(s): 05868

Troy, NC (town, FIPS 68520) Location: 35.36406 N, 79.89316 W
Population (1990): 3404 (1181 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27371

Troy, MT (city, FIPS 75025) Location: 48.46000 N, 115.88997 W
Population (1990): 953 (409 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 59935

Troy, AL (city, FIPS 76920) Location: 31.80412 N, 85.96816 W
Population (1990): 13051 (5150 housing units)
Area: 61.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36081

Troy, ID (city, FIPS 82360) Location: 46.73869 N, 116.76805 W
Population (1990): 699 (286 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83871

Troy, IL (city, FIPS 76199) Location: 38.73120 N, 89.89375 W
Population (1990): 6046 (2283 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62294

Troy, IN (town, FIPS 76634) Location: 37.99607 N, 86.80154 W
Population (1990): 465 (199 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47588

Troy, ME Zip code(s): 04987

Troy, MO (city, FIPS 73942) Location: 38.97690 N, 90.97535 W
Population (1990): 3811 (1630 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63379

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 56475) Location: 40.85940 N, 74.42388 W
Population (1990): 48478 (18960 housing units)
Area: 61.9 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water)

Troy, KS (city, FIPS 71575) Location: 39.78632 N, 95.08858 W
Population (1990): 1073 (472 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

East Troy, WI (village, FIPS 22100) Location: 42.78910 N, 88.39944 W
Population (1990): 2664 (999 housing units)
Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53120

North Troy, VT (village, FIPS 52075) Location: 44.99541 N, 72.40485 W
Population (1990): 723 (290 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Troy

Pound\, n.; pl. Pounds, collectively Pound or Pounds. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See Pendant.]

1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

Note: The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy.

2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Note: The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. --Peacham.

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