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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'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 1890 * The Trojan, a 1950s Jamaican sound system led by
Duke Reid Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner. He ran one of the most popular sound systems of the 1950s called Reid's Sound System, whilst Duke himself was known as The Troja ...
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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 Trojan is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Johannesburg Region A {{Johannesburg-stub ...
, South Africa * Trojan, South Dakota 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 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 ...
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Trojan (brand) Trojan is a brand name of condoms and sexual lubricants manufactured by the Church & Dwight Company. Trojan condoms were started by Merle Leland Youngs in the 1910s after he moved to New York City. The major condom manufacturer before Youngs ...
, 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 shar ...
, 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 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant was a pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant (Westinghouse design) in the northwest United States, located southeast of Rainier, Oregon, and the only commercial nuclear power plant to be built in Oregon. There w ...
, 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 (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 ...
, 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, Vâlcea Co ...
* 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 emph ...
, a British cultural identity * Troyan (disambiguation) * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages