Ilium or Ileum may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
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Ilion (Asia Minor), former name of Troy
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Ilium (Epirus)
Ilium or Ilion ( grc, Ἴλιον), also known as Troja (Τροΐα), was a city of ancient Epirus. It is mentioned in the ''Aeneid'' of Virgil as a foundation of Helenus after the Trojan War in the land of the Chaonia.
Its site is located near t ...
, an ancient city in Epirus, Greece
* Ilium, ancient name of
Cestria (Epirus) Cestria or Kestria ( grc, Κεστρία), also known as Ilium or Ilion (Ἴλιον), or Troja (Τροΐα), was a town in ancient Epirus. Its district was called Cestrine or Kestrine (Κεστρίνη) and Kestrinia (Κεστρινία), and was l ...
, an ancient city in Epirus, Greece
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Ilium Building, a building in Troy, New York, United States
Anatomy
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Ilium (bone)
The ilium () (plural ilia) is the uppermost and largest part of the hip bone, and appears in most vertebrates including mammals and birds, but not bony fish. All reptiles have an ilium except snakes, although some snake species have a tiny ...
, part of the hip bone in the pelvis
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Ileum
The ileum () is the final section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear and the terms posterior intestine or distal intestine m ...
, the third and final part of the small intestine
Art and entertainment
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Ileum (band), a grunge rock band from The Netherlands
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Ilium (band), a metal band from Australia
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''Ilium'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Dan Simmons
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Ilium (Kurt Vonnegut)
Ilium is a fictional town in eastern New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels and stories, including ''Player Piano'', ''Cat's Cradle'', '' Slaughterhouse-Five'', and the stories " Deer in the Works", " Poor Little Rich ...
, a fictional New York town in many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels
* Illium, a fictional location in the video game ''
Mass Effect 2
''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the ''Mass Effect'' series and a ...
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Other uses
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Camp Ilium, a YMCA camp
See also
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Ilion (disambiguation)
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Ilum (disambiguation)
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