Orlando
- Vit·to·rio E·ma·nu·e·le [veet-taw-ryaw e-mah-noo-e-le] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ ˌɛ mɑ nuˈɛ lɛ/, 1860–1952, Italian statesman.
- a city in central Florida: resort.
- a male given name, form of Roland.
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Contemporary Examples of orlando
“One of the producers on a story we were doing on the Orlando Magic told me about this young guy he really liked,” Jaffe said.
It was Orlando vs. Justin in an Ibiza melee with two highly unlikely opposing parties.
The senator was at the airport in Orlando, waiting to hop a flight home to Texas so he could take his daughters trick-or-treating.
Have you heard of the $1,750-per-person “Gathering,” which starts Thursday in Orlando, Florida?
Or consider the actor Orlando Jones, who is not exactly known as a Hollywood A-lister (though he was great in Drumline).
Historical Examples of orlando
At forty if a man chooses to assume the role of Orlando he does it to perfection.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Then, in the following year, Orlando plunged into epopoeia once more.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
One morning, as he was going downstairs, Orlando was stricken with paralysis.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Orlando made a fresh gesture, as though to sweep the past away.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
To only one word of this enthusiastic outburst did Orlando pay attention.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Orlando
- a city in the US, in Florida: site of Walt Disney World. Pop: 199 336 (2003 est)
Word Origin and History for orlando
Orlando
masc. proper name, Italian form of Roland (q.v.). The city in Florida, U.S., so called from 1857, supposedly in honor of a U.S. soldier, Orlando Reeves, who was killed there in 1835 by Seminoles. It had been settled c.1844 as Jernigan.