Triumph Explained

The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectly from the Roman one.

Triumph may refer to:

Geography

• Triumph, Idaho
• Triumph, Illinois
• Triumph, Louisiana
• Triumph Township, Custer County, Nebraska
• Triumph Township, Pennsylvania
• Triumph, Guyana

Business

• Triumph (TWN), a defunct German motorcycle manufacturer
• Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd., a British bicycle brand
• Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
• Triumph Group, an aerospace manufacturing and repair company
• Triumph Hotels, an American collection of hotels
• Triumph International, a worldwide underwear manufacturer
• Triumph Motor Company, a British car manufacturer
• Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, a current British motorcycle manufacturer
• Norton Villiers Triumph, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer

Books

• Triumph (magazine), a defunct Catholic publication
• Triumph (Nigeria), a Nigerian English language newspaper
• Triumph (comics), a former Justice League member
• Triumph (novel), 1993 alternate history novel by Ben Bova set at the end of World War II

Film and TV

• Triumph Studios, a computer game development company based in the Netherlands
• Triumph Films, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Triumph (1917 film), a 1917 film starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
• Triumph (1924 film), a 1924 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• Triumph (2021 film), a 2021 film directed by Brett Leonard
• Triumph (upcoming film), an upcoming film directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
• Triumph of the Will, 1935 Nazi propaganda film
• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a character from the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Triumph (Rome), a 2005 episode of the television series Rome

Music

• Triumph (band), a Canadian hard rock band

Albums

• Triumph (Triumph album), their 1976 eponymous first album
• Triumph, alternative (UK) title of Triumph's second (first international) album Rock and Roll Machine
• Triumph (The Jacksons album), 1980
• Triumph (Philip Bailey album), 1986
• Triumph (Circle (Finnish band) album), 2008
• Triumph (Lorna Shore EP), 2010

Songs

• "Triumph" (song), a 1997 rap single by the Wu-Tang Clan
• "Triumph", a song by XXXTentacion from the 2019 album Bad Vibes Forever

Transport

• Triumph automobiles: Triumph TR3, Triumph TR4, Triumph TR6, and Triumph TR7
• Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship
• , a ferry owned by Seatruck Ferries
• Triumph (sternwheeler), a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Nooksack River in the 1890s
• HMS Triumph
• USS Triumph (disambiguation)
• USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4)

Other

• A scuppernong (large muscadine Vitis rotundifolia) cultivar
• Triomphe, a trick-taking 15th century card game
• BC Triumph Lyubertsy, a Russian basketball team

See also

• Triumf (disambiguation)
• Trionfo, a form of festivity in Renaissance Italy