# 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

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### 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.

#### Related terms

* a Roland for an Oliver
* Orlando

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ruˈlan]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [roˈlant]

### 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: [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: /ʁɔ.lɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### 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

* Audio:(file)

### 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: [ˈrolɒnd]
* Hyphenation: Ro‧land
* Rhymes: -ɒnd

### Proper noun

Roland
* a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

#### Derived terms

* (diminutives): Roli, Rolcsi, Rolandka

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔ.lant/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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, 2003–2025

## 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:(file)

### Proper noun

Roland c (genitive Rolands)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Roland

### References

* 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.

### Anagrams

* Arnold, Ronald