Orlando

Encyclopedia : O : OR : ORL : Orlando

Orlando most often refers to:

Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States
Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States

Contents

0.1 Places
0.2 Literature
0.3 Film and television
0.4 Music
0.5 People
0.6 Sports
0.7 Other

1 See also

Orlando may also refer to:

Places

Orlando (Amtrak station)
Orlando, Oklahoma, a town in the United States
Orlando, Soweto, South Africa

Literature

Orlando (character), the Italian name for Roland, 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 Innamoratoan epic poem written by Matteo Maria Boiardo
Orlando, the male protagonist of the play As You Like It by William Shakespeare
, a novel by Virginia Woolf
Orlando (The Marmalade Cat), cat from a series of illustrated children's books by Kathleen Hale
Orlando, an "etheric parasite" (demon) from the comic book series The Invisibles

Film and television

Orlando (film), based on Woolf's novel
Orlando (television), early '60s British thriller series for young adults

Music

Orlando (opera), an opera seria by Handel
Orlando (band), British indie-pop band of the 1990s

People

Surname

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1962), an Italian diplomat and politician.
Tony Orlando (b. 1942), American singer
Joe Orlando (1927–1948), illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist

First name

Orlando Bloom

Orlando "Cachaito" López

Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Jordan, professional wrestler

Orlando Letelier

Orlando W. Wilson

Orlando Cepeda

Orlando Brown (actor)

Orlando Brown (football)

Note that there are several names derived from Orlando, like in the many names given to Orlando di Lasso

Sports

Orlando (horse), a horse that won the Epsom Derby in 1844
Orlando Magic, the NBA franchise located in Orlando, Florida

Other

Orlando Wines, a winery located in the Barossa Valley, South Australia
Orlando, a popular breed of rose, which is a soft pink with deeper pink tips
Orlando (computer programmer)