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Trojan or Trojans may refer to: * Of or from the ancient city of Troy *
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 Troy ...
'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 1890 * The Trojan, a 1950s Jamaican sound system led by Duke Reid * Trojan Records, 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), on the border of Albania and Montenegro * Trojan Peak, a mountain in California


Transportation and military

* GWR No. 1340 Trojan, 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 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, 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 repre ...
* Trojan (brand), American condoms *
Trojan (celestial body) In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately 60° ahead of or behind the main body near one of its Lagrangian points and . Trojans can sha ...
, that shares the orbit of a larger one * Trojan horse (computing), or trojan, computer malware *
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Trojan Nuclear Power Plant was a pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant (Westinghouse design) in the Pacific Northwest, northwest United States, located southeast of Rainier, Oregon, Rainier, Oregon, and the only commercial nuclear power p ...
, in Oregon, U.S. * Trojans, a group of scholars in the Grammarians' War 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 Limited was founded by Leslie Hounsfield in 1914 in Clapham, South L ...
, 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 during ...
'' (Τρῳάδες, ''Trōiades'', 415 BC), a play by Euripides * ''The Trojan Women'' (film), 1971 * Tommy Trojan, a statue at the University of Southern California * Troian (disambiguation) * Trojan Horse (disambiguation) *
Trojan skinhead Trojan skinheads (also known as traditional skinheads or trads) are individuals who identify with the original British skinhead subculture of the middle 1960s, when ska, rocksteady, reggae, and soul music were popular, and there was a heavy empha ...
, a British cultural identity * Troyan (disambiguation) * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages