Roland

== English == === Etymology === From Old French, from Frankish *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊlənd/ === Proper noun === Roland A male given name from the Germanic languages. A surname. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana. A city in Story County, Iowa. A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas. A rural municipality and village therein, in southern Manitoba, Canada. A rural community of Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia, named for a Captain Rolland. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Arnold, Orland, Randol, Roldan, Ronald, dralon, ladron, lardon == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ruˈlan] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [roˈlant] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [roˈlan] === Proper noun === Roland m a male given name, equivalent to English Roland == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Roland, from Old French, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Also as an anglicisation of Rolando. === Proper noun === Roland a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages] the titular character of The Song of Roland ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Roland. === Anagrams === Ronald, Arnold, Roldan, Orland == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrolant] === Proper noun === Roland m anim a male given name, equivalent to English Roland ==== Declension ==== This proper noun needs an inflection-table template. == Estonian == === Proper noun === Roland a male given name, equivalent to English Roland == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔ.lɑ̃/ === Proper noun === Roland m a male given name, equivalent to English Roland ==== Related terms ==== Rolande === Anagrams === lardon == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German Ruolant, Ruoland, from Old High German Hruotland, *Hrōdlant, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland, from *hrōþi (“praise, fame”) +‎ *land (“land”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Roland a male given name, equivalent to English Roland ==== Usage notes ==== Used as a given name in German-speaking regions since the Middle Ages. == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrolɒnd] Hyphenation: Ro‧land Rhymes: -ɒnd === Proper noun === Roland a male given name, equivalent to English Roland ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (diminutives): Roli, Rolcsi, Rolandka == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Roland, from Old French Roland, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lant/ Rhymes: -ɔlant Syllabification: Ro‧land === Proper noun === Roland m pers a male given name, equivalent to English Roland ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Roland”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔɫant/ === Proper noun === Roland m pers (genitive singular Rolanda, nominative plural Rolandovia, declension pattern of chlap) a male given name, equivalent to English Roland a surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Roland”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === Cognate with English and French Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the 20th century. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Roland c (genitive Rolands) a male given name, equivalent to English Roland === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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 === Arnold, Ronald