Orlando
Pronunciation: ohr-LAN-doh (key)
Origin of the name Orlando:
Latinate cognate of Roland, which is from the Old High German Hruodland, a compound name composed of the elements hruod (fame) and land (land): hence, "fame of the land."
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orly, nando and lando and eventually you will be called florida, magic, lando lakes or calrisse
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Actor Orlando Bloom
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Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' has an Orlando (the lead)
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- #419 in United States
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