Roland

See also: Róland

English

Etymology

from Frankish, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Roland

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana.
   3. A city in Story County, Iowa.
   4. A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
   5. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
4. A rural municipality and village therein, in southern Manitoba, Canada.
5. A rural community of Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia, named for a Captain Rolland.

Related terms

• a Roland for an Oliver
• Orlando

 

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅蘭／罗兰 (zh) (Luólán)

• Czech: Roland m
• Estonian: Roland
• French: Roland (fr)
• Galician: Roldán (gl) m
• Georgian: როლანდი (rolandi)
• German: Roland (de)
• Greek: Ρολάνδος (el) m (Rolándos)
• Hungarian: Roland (hu), Lóránt (hu)
• Italian: Rolando (it), Orlando (it)
• Latvian: Rolands
• Polish: Roland (pl) m
• Portuguese: Rolando (pt) m, Orlando (pt) m
• Swedish: Roland (sv)

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [roˈlant]

Proper noun

Roland m

1. 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

1. a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]
2. 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

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Estonian

Proper noun

Roland

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.lɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Roland m

1. 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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Roland

1. 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

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Roland	Rolandok
accusative	Rolandot	Rolandokat
dative	Rolandnak	Rolandoknak
instrumental	Rolanddal	Rolandokkal
causal-final	Rolandért	Rolandokért
translative	Rolanddá	Rolandokká
terminative	Rolandig	Rolandokig
essive-formal	Rolandként	Rolandokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Rolandban	Rolandokban
superessive	Rolandon	Rolandokon
adessive	Rolandnál	Rolandoknál
illative	Rolandba	Rolandokba
sublative	Rolandra	Rolandokra
allative	Rolandhoz	Rolandokhoz
elative	Rolandból	Rolandokból
delative	Rolandról	Rolandokról
ablative	Rolandtól	Rolandoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Rolandé	Rolandoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Rolandéi	Rolandokéi

Possessive forms of Roland
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Rolandom	Rolandjaim
2nd person sing.	Rolandod	Rolandjaid
3rd person sing.	Rolandja	Rolandjai
1st person plural	Rolandunk	Rolandjaink
2nd person plural	Rolandotok	Rolandjaitok
3rd person plural	Rolandjuk	Rolandjaik

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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔlant
• Syllabification: Ro‧land

Proper noun

Roland m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Declension

Declension of Roland

	singular	plural
nominative	Roland	Rolandowie
genitive	Rolanda	Rolandów
dative	Rolandowi	Rolandom
accusative	Rolanda	Rolandów
instrumental	Rolandem	Rolandami
locative	Rolandzie	Rolandach
vocative	Rolandzie	Rolandowie

Further reading

• Roland in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔɫant/

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Roland

	singular	plural
nominative	Roland	Rolandovia
genitive	Rolanda	Rolandov
dative	Rolandovi	Rolandom
accusative	Rolanda	Rolandov
locative	Rolandovi	Rolandoch
instrumental	Rolandom	Rolandmi

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, 2003–2024

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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Roland c (genitive Rolands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] 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