Orlando

See also: orlando

English

Etymology

From Italian Orlando (“Roland”). The Floridian city has been called such since 1857, perhaps to honour the soldier Orlando Reeves, who Seminoles had killed there in 1835. (Previously, it had been settled in 1844 as Jernigan.)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôr-lănʹ-dō, IPA^(key): /ɔɹ.ˈlæn.doʊ/

Proper noun

Orlando

1. A male given name from Italian.
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     St. Oswald's boys were not called Ben. St Oswald's boys were called Leon, or Jasper, or Rufus or Sebastian. A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint.

2. derived from the given name.
3. A city, the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States; see Orlando, Florida.

See also

• Orlando Furioso

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Orlando is the 2,865^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12,586 individuals. Orlando is most common among White (89.39%) individuals.

Anagrams

• lardoon

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Rolando, from Italian Orlando.

Proper noun

Orlando

1. a male given name from Italian
2. A city in Florida

Anagrams

• Ronaldo, Rolando, Arnoldo

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Italian

Proper noun

Orlando ?

1. a male given name
2. a surname
3. Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italian politician
4. The city in Florida

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Orlando.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʁ.ˈlɐ̃.du/

Proper noun

Orlando m

1. a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Roland

Related terms

• Rolando

Proper noun

Orlando f

1. Orlando (a city in Florida, United States)