Orlando
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Orlando may refer to:
[edit] Literature
- Orlando (character), the subject of several works:
- The Song of Roland, the oldest major work of French literature
- Orlando furioso, an epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto
- Orlando innamorato, an epic poem written by Matteo Maria Boiardo
- Orlando: A Biography, a novel by Virginia Woolf
- Orlando (The Marmalade Cat), cat from a series of illustrated children's books by Kathleen Hale
- Orlando is the Italian form of the name Roland (Frankish: Hruodland). In medieval and Renaissance literature, Roland is the chief paladin of Charlemagne and a central figure in the Matter of France.
[edit] Places
- Orlando, Florida, United States
- Orlando, Oklahoma, United States
- Orlando, Soweto, South Africa
- Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States
[edit] Film and television
- Orlando (film), based on Woolf's novel
- Orlando (television), early '60s British thriller series for young adults
[edit] Music
- Orlando (opera), an opera seria by Handel
- Orlando (band), British indie-pop band of the 1990s
[edit] Sports
- Orlando (horse), a horse that won the Epsom Derby in 1844
- The Orlando Pirates, a famous South African football (soccer) club
[edit] Other
- Orlando Wines, a winery located in the Barossa Valley, South Australia
- Orlando (rose), a popular breed of rose, which is a soft pink with deeper pink tips
- Orlando (computer programmer), real name Nick Pelling, a computer game programmer
- Orlando (Amtrak station), an Amtrak train station in Orlando, Florida.
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