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Ilion

[ il-ee-uhn, -on ]

noun

  1. Greek name of ancient Troy.


Ilion

/ ˈɪlɪən /

noun

  1. a transliteration of the Greek name for ancient Troy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

His pioneer spirit was so strong that Ilion became a place of pilgrimage for men with ideas.

This was also the beginning of Ilion, for at that period the place was nothing more than a country corner.

Coal was scarce, and charcoal made the chief fuel, burnt in the hills round about Ilion.

Spain had 10,000 muskets to modernize by the same system, and the breech-block attachments were made at Ilion.

Not on Ilion's or Latium's plains; on far other plains and places henceforth can noble deeds be now done.

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