Roland

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Germanic given name given name masculine given name

Roland is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with the legendary Frankish hero of "The Song of Roland" and later borne by various notable figures.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Roland canonical 27
Mr Roland 1
Roland (given name) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic given name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
appearsIn The Song of Roland ⓘ
surface form: The Song of Roland (Old French epic)

medieval epic poetry ⓘ
associatedWith The Song of Roland ⓘ
surface form: Chanson de Roland

Frankish hero Roland ⓘ
The Song of Roland ⓘ
heroic virtue ⓘ
medieval chivalry ⓘ
category English masculine given names ⓘ
French masculine given names ⓘ
German masculine given names ⓘ
Germanic masculine given names ⓘ
masculine given names ⓘ
culturalOrigin Frankish culture ⓘ
etymologicalComponents hrod (fame) ⓘ
land (land, territory) ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasCognate Lóránt (Hungarian) ⓘ
Orlando (Italian) ⓘ
Rolandas (Lithuanian) ⓘ
Rolando (Spanish, Portuguese) ⓘ
hasDiminutive Rolly ⓘ
surface form: Roli

Rolly ⓘ
Rolo ⓘ
hasVariant Orlando ⓘ
Rolland ⓘ
Rowland ⓘ
historicalPopularity medieval Europe ⓘ
linguisticOrigin Germanic languages ⓘ
meaning famous land ⓘ
renowned in the land ⓘ
nameDayObservedIn various European countries ⓘ
notableBearer Roland Barthes ⓘ
Roland Emmerich ⓘ
Stade Roland Garros ⓘ
surface form: Roland Garros

Roland Orzabal ⓘ
Roland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roland, paladin of Charlemagne
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
usageRegion Central Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Western Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roland Freisler → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Jean-Marie Roland → familyName → Roland ⓘ
A Knight's Tale → mainCharacter → Roland ⓘ
Roland → notableBearer → Roland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roland, paladin of Charlemagne
Philippe Quinault → notableWork → Roland ⓘ
Philippe Quinault → wroteLibrettoFor → Roland ⓘ
Roland Castro → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Rollie Fingers → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Five Go Adventuring Again → hasCharacter → Roland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr Roland
Roland Barthes → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Champ Bailey → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Roland Hayes → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Rollie Massimino → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Roland Totheroh → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Will Roland → familyName → Roland ⓘ
By the Sea → mainCharacter → Roland ⓘ
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland → hasFamilyName → Roland ⓘ
Battle of Roncevaux Pass → associatedWith → Roland ⓘ
Battle of Roncevaux Pass → notableDeath → Roland ⓘ
Roland Young → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Borderlands → notableCharacter → Roland ⓘ
Roland, Oklahoma → namedAfter → Roland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roland (given name)
Roland Petit → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Roland Arnall → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Roland Corporation → brand → Roland ⓘ
Roland Snellings → givenName → Roland ⓘ
subject surface form: Askia Touré
Roland Joffé → givenName → Roland ⓘ
Bremen Roland statue → depicts → Roland ⓘ
Roncesvalles → associatedWith → Roland ⓘ
Roland Williams → givenName → Roland ⓘ