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Meanings of ilion in English

Portuguese
troia

An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.

        troia
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        Examples for "Troy"
        Examples for "Troy"
        1
        He needs a sacrifice in order to let us sail from Troy.
        Helen of troy
        2
        In essence, every war copies the argument of the war of Troy.
        The Guardian
        3
        Georgia State has remaining games against South Alabama, Troy and Georgia Southern.
        Reuters
        4
        In a controlled voice, I said, I don't need a cake, Troy.
        A taste of magic
        5
        It has been almost forty years since she was taken from Troy.
        Helen of troy
        1
        The case before us is not in Ilium, but the Argive land.
        The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
        2
        Meanwhile Mindarus, while sacrificing to Athena at Ilium, had observed the battle.
        Hellenica
        3
        But the hollow horse came, and the walls of Ilium were tumbled.
        Harvest Home
        4
        He read: 'Talked to a man from Ilium to-day in Palace Bar.
        O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
        5
        Troy, anciently called Ilium, was the capital of Troas, in Asia.
        A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events ...
        Usage of ilion in English
        1
        The conductor had sold him a ticket to Lyons instead of Ilion.
        The new yorker
        2
        For the sake of a fair woman Ilion suffered unspeakable tortures.
        In the Blue Pike — Volume 01
        3
        Our dear Thais knew Paris, Menelaus, and the Achaians who fought before Ilion!
        Thais
        4
        He writes to the young woman and prepares to visit her at Ilion, N.Y.
        The new yorker
        5
        Sony is distributing the film for Spain-based producer Ilion Animation.
        Reuters
        6
        Not on Ilion's plains; how much less in Mayfair's drawingrooms!
        Past and Present
        7
        They on their part returning went back towards Ilion.
        The Iliad of Homer (1873)
        8
        Sky-pointing.... Ilion House, the residence of one of our great merchant princes.... Terrace above terrace.
        Tono-Bungay
        9
        And are we in the neighborhood of Ilion?
        The Stolen Singer
        10
        His city was razed to the ground, "jacet Ilion ingens."
        Wanderings in South America
        11
        Not on Ilion's or Latium's plains; on far other plains and places henceforth can noble deeds be done.
        Past and Present
        12
        Yea, twice Zeus has destroyed Ilion!
        The Trojan women of Euripides
        13
        He gathered his forces and exhibited such recuperative abilities as to astonish the old red house and all Ilion.
        The Stolen Singer
        14
        Not on Ilion's or Latium's plains; on far other plains and places henceforth can noble deeds be now done.
        Past and Present
        15
        So Jimmy, aided now and then by Agatha, delivered a Straker-ized version of the wreck and the arrival at Ilion.
        The Stolen Singer
        16
        But he went into consultation with Aleck, and together they laid a network of police inspection about Ilion and Charlesport.
        The Stolen Singer
        Translations for ilion
        Portuguese
        troiatróia