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Troad

American  
[troh-ad] / ˈtroʊ æd /

noun

  1. The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.


Example Sentences

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He first stopped at Samothrace, and when the island was visited by a flood, crossed over to the Troad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

It contains the well-known prophecy that the descendants of Aeneas are to rule over the Trojans,—pointing to the existence of an Aenead dynasty in the Troad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

His father spent a sum of nearly £40,000 in supplementing an imperial grant for the supply of water to the Troad.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

It included Mysia, Lydia, Caria and Phrygia, and therefore, of course, Aeolis, Ionia and the Troad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Cretan sovereignty of the sea; Cretans in Crisa, Lycia and the Troad, b.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried