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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Troy \Troy\, n. Troy weight. {Troy weight}, the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, in France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 117/175 or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. Troy weight when divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams, the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains, is called apothecaries' weight, used in weighing medicines, etc In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the 1/10000 part From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: troy n 1: a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains [syn: {troy weight}] 2: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War [syn: {Troy}, {Ilion}, {Ilium}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Troy, AL (city, FIPS 76920) Location: 31.80412 N, 85.96816 W Population (1990): 13051 (5150 housing units) Area: 61.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36081 Troy, ID (city, FIPS 82360) Location: 46.73869 N, 116.76805 W Population (1990): 699 (286 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83871 Troy, IL (city, FIPS 76199) Location: 38.73120 N, 89.89375 W Population (1990): 6046 (2283 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62294 Troy, IN (town, FIPS 76634) Location: 37.99607 N, 86.80154 W Population (1990): 465 (199 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47588 Troy, KS (city, FIPS 71575) Location: 39.78632 N, 95.08858 W Population (1990): 1073 (472 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Troy, ME Zip code(s): 04987 Troy, MI (city, FIPS 80700) Location: 42.58016 N, 83.14305 W Population (1990): 72884 (27197 housing units) Area: 86.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48083, 48084, 48098 Troy, MO (city, FIPS 73942) Location: 38.97690 N, 90.97535 W Population (1990): 3811 (1630 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63379 Troy, MT (city, FIPS 75025) Location: 48.46000 N, 115.88997 W Population (1990): 953 (409 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59935 Troy, NC (town, FIPS 68520) Location: 35.36406 N, 79.89316 W Population (1990): 3404 (1181 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27371 Troy, NH Zip code(s): 03465 Troy, NY (city, FIPS 75484) Location: 42.73435 N, 73.67547 W Population (1990): 54269 (22871 housing units) Area: 27.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12180, 12182 Troy, OH (city, FIPS 77588) Location: 40.04441 N, 84.21921 W Population (1990): 19478 (8006 housing units) Area: 22.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45373 Troy, PA (borough, FIPS 77584) Location: 41.78466 N, 76.78956 W Population (1990): 1262 (583 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16947 Troy, SC (town, FIPS 72655) Location: 33.98736 N, 82.29681 W Population (1990): 140 (60 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29848 Troy, TN (town, FIPS 75240) Location: 36.33953 N, 89.16160 W Population (1990): 1047 (454 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38260 Troy, TX (city, FIPS 73748) Location: 31.19561 N, 97.30682 W Population (1990): 1395 (546 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76579 Troy, VA Zip code(s): 22974 Troy, VT Zip code(s): 05868 Troy, WV Zip code(s): 26443
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