Orlando
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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
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
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)
See also
- Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, an expressway authority responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads in Orange County, Florida
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