Roland

From Old French, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland. Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.

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Roland

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

• Arnold, Orland, Randol, Roldan, Ronald, dralon, ladron, lardon

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /roˈlant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ruˈlan/

Roland m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

From English Roland, from Old French, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Also as an anglicisation of Rolando.

Roland

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages
2. the titular character of The Song of Roland

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Roland.

• Ronald, Arnold, Roldan, Orland

• IPA^(key): [ˈrolant]

Roland m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Roland

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.lɑ̃/

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Roland m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

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Roland

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

• Used as a given name in Germany since the Middle Ages.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrolɒnd]
• Hyphenation: Ro‧land
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Roland

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

• (diminutives): Roli, Rolcsi, Rolandka

Borrowed from French Roland, from Old French Roland, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.lant/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlant
• Syllabification: Ro‧land

Roland m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

• Roland in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Roland in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔɫant/

Roland m (genitive singular Rolanda, nominative plural Rolandovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
2. a surname

• Roland in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Cognate with English and French Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the 20th century.

Roland c (genitive Rolands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.

• Arnold, Ronald