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Roland
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Róland
English
<dab!>
Chanson de +
Etymology
From en fro -, from en frk *Hrōþiland fame-land. Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. en Orlando.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹoʊlənd/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Roland.wav Southern England
Proper noun
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en male Germanic languages.
en PA Media Ons Jabeur hits out at lack of women’s matches in French Open primetime slots w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/28/ons-jabeur-hits-out-at-lack-of-womens-matches-in-french-open-primetime-slots 2025-05-28 Ons Jabeur has criticised Roland Garros for snubbing women’s tennis, saying “I don’t think they have daughters”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017235306/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/28/ons-jabeur-hits-out-at-lack-of-womens-matches-in-french-open-primetime-slots 17 October 2026
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en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Pulaski County s/Arkansas.
en ucomm twp:Suf/French Lick co/Orange County s/Indiana.
en city co/Story County s/Iowa.
en town co/Sequoyah County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/Collin County s/Texas.
en rural municipality/and/village therein, in southern p/Manitoba c/Canada.
en rural community council area:suf/Kentish s/Tasmania c/Australia, named for a Captain Rolland.
Derived terms
en Rolandian Rollie a Roland for an Oliver Mount Roland
Related terms
en Orlando
Translations
male given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅蘭 Luólán
Czech: cs Roland m
Estonian: et Roland
French: fr Roland
Galician: gl Roldán m
Georgian: ka როლანდი
German: de Roland
Greek: el Ρολάνδος m
Hungarian: hu Roland, hu Lóránt
Italian: it Rolando, it Orlando
Latvian: lv Rolands
Polish: pl Roland m
Portuguese: pt Rolando m, pt Orlando m
Sicilian: scn Rulannu m
Spanish: es Rolando m
Swedish: sv Roland
Anagrams
en adlnor Arnold Orland Randol Roldan Ronald dralon ladron lardon
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ca male Roland
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Roland, from ceb fro -, from ceb gmw-pro *Hrōþiland fame-land. Also as an anglicisation of ceb Rolando.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English < Germanic languages
the titular character of The Song of Roland
Quotations
ceb
Anagrams
ceb Ronald Arnold Roldan Orland
ceb Individuals
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Roland
Declension
cs proper noun
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Roland
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-Roland.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Roland.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
m
fr male Roland
Related terms
fr Rolande
Anagrams
fr lardon
German
Etymology
From de gmh Ruolant, gmh Ruoland, from de goh Hruotland, goh *Hrōdlant, from de gmw-pro *Hrōþiland, from gmw-pro *hrōþi praise, fame *land land 1.
Pronunciation
de De-Roland.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Roland
Usage notes
Used as a given name in German-speaking regions since the Middle Ages.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
hu Ro land
hu ɒnd 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu male Roland
Declension
Rolando oRoland j jai
Derived terms
diminutives: hu Roli, hu Rolcsi, hu Rolandka
Polish
pl:+
Etymology
pl :bor fr:Roland<ety:uder<fro:Roland<ety:uder<gmw-pro:*Hrōþiland>>>> 3 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Roland.wav
Proper noun
m-pr
pl male Roland
Declension
<m.pr.given>
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
sk /ˈrɔɫant/
Proper noun
m-pr Rolanda Rolandovia chlap
sk male Roland
sk
Declension
m-pr name
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
Cognate with en - and fr Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the 20th century.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Roland.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male Roland
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 47 950 males with the given name Roland living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv adlnor Arnold Ronald