English Explanatory Dictionary

Orlando

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Orlando

Etymology

From Italian Orlando (“Roland”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland. The city in Florida has gone by the name since 1857, perhaps in honor of the soldier Orlando Reeves, whom the Seminoles killed there in 1835. Previously, it had been settled in 1844 as Jernigan. Doublet of Roland.

Related words

Orlando Furioso
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