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Trojan or Trojans may refer to: * Of or from the ancient city of
Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...
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Trojan language The Trojan language was the language spoken in Troy during the Late Bronze Age. The identity of the language is unknown, and it is not certain that there was one single language used in the city at the time. Theories Luwian One candidate la ...
, the language of the historical Trojans


Arts and entertainment


Music

* ''
Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les T ...
'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 1890 * The Trojan, a 1950s Jamaican sound system led by Duke Reid *
Trojan Records Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name ''Trojan'' comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck ...
, a British record label, founded in 1968 * "Trojans" (The Damned song), a song by The Damned on their 1985 album ''Phantasmagoria'' * ''Trojans'' (EP), by Atlas Genius, 2013


Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Trojan'' (video game), 1986 * ''Trojan'', a 1991 novel by
James Follett James Follett (27 July 1939 – 10 January 2021) was an English author and screenwriter. Follett became a full-time fiction writer in 1976, after resigning from contract work as a technical writer for the Ministry of Defence. He wrote over 20 n ...
* ''Troy'', a 2004 historical war drama * "Trojan" (''Red Dwarf''), a 2012 episode of the TV comedy


People

* Trojan (surname), including a list of people with the name


Places

* Trojan, Gauteng, South Africa *
Trojan, South Dakota Trojan, also known as Portland, is a ghost town in the Black Hills of Lawrence County, South Dakota. It was established by and named after the Trojan Mining Company. Naming Trojan got its name from its founding company, the Trojan Mining Company ...
U.S. *
Trojan (mountain) Maja Trojan or Trojan ( sq, Maja Trojan or ''Trojan'', Serbian/ Montenegrin: ''Trojan'') is a mountain in the Accursed Mountains range on the border of Albania and Montenegro. Situated 7 km west of the village Gusinje Gusinje ( cyrl, Гусињ� ...
, on the border of Albania and Montenegro *
Trojan Peak } Trojan Peak is a 13,947-foot-elevation (4,251 meter) mountain summit located along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Fore ...
, a mountain in California


Transportation and military

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GWR No. 1340 Trojan GWR No. 1340 is an 0-4-0Saddle tank (locomotive), ST steam locomotive, built in 1897 (Works No. 1386) by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England. Its first owners were Messrs Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock. In 1903 it was purchased ...
, a British locomotive, built in 1897 *
Trojan (automobile) Trojan was a British automobile manufacturer producing light cars between 1914 and 1965, and light commercial vehicles for a short time. Early history The company was founded by Leslie Hayward Hounsfield (1877–1957) who went into business as ...
, a former British vehicle manufacturer (1914–1965) * Trojan, a
Saltwood Miniature Railway Saltwood Miniature Railway was a gauge miniature railway which first opened in Sheffield, but subsequently relocated to Saltwood in Kent, England. It closed in 1987. At one point, the Saltwood Miniature Railway was the oldest extant miniat ...
locomotive, used from 1928 to 1970 * AL-60F-5 Trojan, a variant of the
Aermacchi AL-60 The Aermacchi AL-60 is a light civil utility aircraft of the late 1950s and early 1960s, originally designed by Al Mooney of Lockheed in the United States. After the company decided not to build the aircraft in the US, it was manufactured in ...
aircraft (1950s–60s) *
Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers The Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) is a combat engineering vehicle of the British Army. It is used to breach minefields and for many other tasks. It is currently in use with the Royal Engineers. Design The Trojan Armoured Vehicl ...
, a British combat engineering vehicle (in service since 2007) *
North American T-28 Trojan The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, ...
, an American military trainer aircraft (1950s)


Other uses

* several
sports teams named Trojans "Trojans", evoking the soldiers of the ancient city of Troy depicted in ''The Iliad'', is a popular name for modern sports teams, including those listed here. Non-scholastic teams * Rotterdam Trojans (est. 1984), the American Football Club repres ...
* Trojan (brand), American condoms * Trojan (celestial body), that shares the orbit of a larger one *
Trojan horse (computing) In computing, a Trojan horse is any malware that misleads users of its true intent. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of Troy. Trojans generally spread by some fo ...
, or trojan, computer malware * Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, in Oregon, U.S. * Trojans, a group of scholars in the
Grammarians' War The Grammarians' War (1519–1521) was a conflict between rival systems of teaching Latin. The two main antagonists were English grammarians and schoolmasters William Horman and Robert Whittington. The War involved Latin primers called ''Vulga ...
in England 1519–1521 *
Trojan–Tauranac Racing __NOTOC__ Trojan was an automobile manufacturer and a Formula One constructor, in conjunction with Australian Ron Tauranac, from the United Kingdom. The car producer Trojan (automobile), Trojan Limited was founded by Leslie Hounsfield in 1914 i ...
, a Formula One constructor


See also

* ''
The Trojan Women ''The Trojan Women'' ( grc, Τρῳάδες, translit=Trōiades), also translated as ''The Women of Troy'', and also known by its transliterated Greek title ''Troades'', is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. Produced in 415 BC duri ...
'' (Τρῳάδες, ''Trōiades'', 415 BC), a play by Euripides * ''The Trojan Women'' (film), 1971 *
Tommy Trojan Tommy Trojan, officially known as the Trojan Shrine, is one of the most recognizable figures of school pride at the University of Southern California. The life-size bronze statue of a Trojan warrior stands in the center of campus and serves as a p ...
, a statue at the University of Southern California *
Troian (disambiguation) Troian may refer to: * Sandra Troian (born 1957), American applied physicist * Troian Bellisario (born 1985), an American actress * Troian, a village in Vozneseni commune, Leova District, Moldova * Troian, a village in Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu ...
* Trojan Horse (disambiguation) * Trojan skinhead, a British cultural identity *
Troyan (disambiguation) Troyan (Bulgarian: Троян) is a town in Bulgaria. Troyan may also refer to: Places * Troyan Municipality, in Lovech Province, Bulgaria * Troyan (village), in Simeonovgrad municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria *Troyan Peak, in Antarctica * T ...
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