Troya

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Trōia, probably a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾoʝa/ [ˈt̪ɾo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtɾoʝa/ [ˈt̪ɾo.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtɾoʃa/ [ˈt̪ɾo.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtɾoʒa/ [ˈt̪ɾo.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: Tro‧ya

Proper noun

Troya f

1. Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

Derived terms

• arder Troya
• caballo de Troya
• troyano

 

Further reading

• “Troya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014