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Trogontherium

Trogontherium, chiefly T. cuvieri, the Eurasian giant beaver, an extinct semi-aquatic castorid rodent from the Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene of Eurasia, only slightly larger than Castor fiber and unrelated to Castoroides.

Trøgstad

Trøgstad: former municipality in Østfold, Norway (municipal number 0122), center Skjønhaug, 5,347 inhabitants in 2019; merged into Indre Østfold in 2020; known for its medieval church and Trøgstad fort.

Troia

Troia names several Troy-themed board games: Thomas Fackler's 2000 archaeology game (Spiel des Jahres history special prize 2001, DaimlerChrysler-sponsored) and Eloi Pujadas's 2019 asymmetric two-player Trojan War duel from GDM Games, plus the 2004 Polish card game Troja.

Troian Bellisario

Troian Avery Bellisario (born 1985) is an American actress, writer, and director, daughter of producers Donald P. Bellisario and Deborah Pratt, best known as Spencer Hastings in Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017, 160 episodes) and later lead of On Call (2025).

Troika (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Troika: SDP, NiP, and NS coalition of Bosniak-led parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina formed after 2022 elections; governed FBiH with HDZ BiH, broke with SNSD in 2025, declined in 2026 elections.

Troikon Oros (Egypt)

Troikon Oros (Τρωικὸν ὄρος), literally "Trojan's Mountain," was a mountain and quarry of ancient Egypt, identified as Gebel Tura, a rocky site described by Strabo.

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida is a Shakespeare play set during the Trojan War, following the Trojan prince Troilus's love affair with Cressida alongside the war between Troy and the Greeks.

Troilus and Criseyde

Troilus and Criseyde: Chaucer's five-book rhyme-royal Trojan War romance, adapted from Boccaccio's Il Filostrato via Benoit and Guido, Boethian in structure, continued by Henryson and adapted by Shakespeare.

Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières, Quebec city founded 1634 by Laviolette under Champlain, second oldest French-speaking city in North America; population 149,934 (2025), former world newsprint capital, six-municipality merger in 2002.

Troitskaya GRES power station

Troitskaya GRES power station (Троицкая ГРЭС) is a coal-fired power station in Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, on the Uy River, opened in 1960 and now operated by OGK-2 through its 664 MW Unit 10.

Troizen

Troezen (Τροιζήν, Troizina) was an ancient city in the northeastern Peloponnese on the Saronic Gulf, legendary birthplace of Theseus, refuge of evacuated Athenians in 480 BC, and findspot of the forged Themistocles Decree stele.

Trojan (brand)

Trojan is America's #1 condom brand, founded via Youngs' Rubber Company in 1916 and owned by Church & Dwight since its 2001-2004 Carter Wallace acquisition, holding roughly 70 percent of the U.S. condom market with 30-plus varieties.

Trojan (celestial body)

A Trojan, or Trojan asteroid, is a small body sharing a planet's orbit and librating around the stable L4 or L5 Lagrange point, 60 degrees ahead of or behind.

Trojan configuration

A Trojan configuration is an orbital arrangement in which small bodies share a planet's orbit, oscillating around the stable L4 or L5 Lagrange point 60 degrees ahead or behind.

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse (Δούρηος Ἵππος, Wooden Horse of Troy): the stratagem by which Odysseus's Greeks hid warriors in a huge wooden horse built by Epeius, entered Troy, and sacked it; sources, art, and modern metaphor.

Trojan Horse (album)

Trojan Horse (stylized lowercase, 'trojan horse') is the 2026 debut experimental hip-hop album by Minneapolis rapper-producer Matt Proxy on Listen To The Kids; 12 tracks, 33 minutes, guests Grimes, Current Joys, and fakemink; distinct from the Living Legends and Snowgoons albums of the same name.

Trojan horse (computing)

A Trojan horse, also called a computer trojan, is malicious software disguised as a useful program so victims install it; unlike viruses and worms, it does not replicate itself.

Trojan Horse scandal

The Trojan Horse scandal, also known as Operation Trojan Horse, was a 2014 British education controversy sparked by an anonymous letter claiming a Muslim plot to take over Birmingham schools.

Trojan nuclear power plant

The Trojan nuclear power plant was Oregon's only commercial nuclear plant, a pressurized water reactor on the Columbia River operated by Portland General Electric from 1976 to 1992.

Trojan Room coffee pot

The Trojan Room coffee pot was a Cambridge coffee machine monitored by a live camera from 1991 to 2001, widely recognized as the world's first webcam.

Trojan War (film)

Trojan War (1997) is a George Huang teen romantic comedy starring Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Marley Shelton about a condom quest; a Warner Bros. release that grossed $309 on a $15 million budget.

Trojan War (Τρωικός Πόλεμος)

Trojan War (Τρωικός Πόλεμος), legendary ten-year Greek siege of Troy, source of Homer's Iliad. Key names Paris, Helen, Achilles, Agamemnon; site identified as Hisarlik in Turkey, with debated Late Bronze Age historicity.

Trojan's Horse

"Trojan's Horse" is Severance season 2 episode 5 (Apple TV+, February 14, 2025), written by Megan Ritchie, directed by Samuel Donovan. It covers Irving's innie funeral, Milchick's performance review, and Mark's reintegration breakthrough.

Trojena

Trojena is a planned mountain resort in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, in the Jabal Al Lawz mountains, announced 2022 as the GCC's first outdoor ski destination and 2029 Asian Winter Games host, later postponed and scaled back.

Trold Sinus

Trold Sinus: bay-shaped dark plain (sinus) on Titan within Kraken Mare, 118 km across, centered at 71.3°N 292.7°W; IAU-approved January 19, 2015, named after a fjord in Nunavut, Canada.

Troleandomycin

Troleandomycin (triacetyloleandomycin, TAO) is a discontinued semi-synthetic 14-membered macrolide antibiotic made by acetylating oleandomycin, approved in 1969 for respiratory infections and known as a prototypical mechanism-based CYP3A4 inhibitor.

Troll

Troll: a supernatural being of Scandinavian folklore and Old Norse tradition, from giant mountain monsters to small hidden folk; first attested with Bragi the Old, spread to English via Dasent's 1859 translation.

Troll (2022 film)

Troll (2022) is a Norwegian monster film directed by Roar Uthaug for Netflix, released December 1, 2022, starring Ine Marie Wilmann; a giant troll awakens in Dovre and heads for Oslo, becoming Netflix's most-watched non-English film with 103 million views.

Troll 2

Troll 2 is a 1990 Italian horror comedy directed by Claudio Fragasso and starring Michael Stephenson, about a vacation family trapped by vegetarian goblins in the town of Nilbog.

Troll 2 (2025 film)

Troll 2 (2025) is Roar Uthaug's Norwegian Netflix monster sequel to Troll (2022), written by Espen Aukan. A new troll, Jotun, rampages across Norway; Nora, Andreas, and Kris return; released December 1, 2025.