Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ilium

2 senses of ilium

Sense 1
Troy, Ilion, Ilium -- (an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
ilium -- (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)
       => bone, os -- (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)