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orlando
/ɔɹˈlæn.doʊ/
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What does orlando mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Italian.
- A surname from Italian derived from the given name.
- A city, the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States; see Orlando, Florida.
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/ɔɹˈlæn.doʊ/
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By this kind of chase I should hate him, for my father hated his father dearly; yet I hate not Orlando.
Young men have a pioneering imagination: it is doubtful whether any young Orlando ever found himself side by side with Rosalind without dreaming himself wedded to her.
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The Spray remained at the various watering-places in the great port for several weeks, and was visited by many agreeable people, frequently by officers of H.M.S. Orlando and their friends.
And thus we may see the reasonableness of Dommer's opinion that in order to restrain instrumental music from ruining itself by meaningless extravagance, it is desirable that there should be a renaissance of vocal music, such as it was in the golden age of Palestrina and Orlando Lasso.
Reggio, the poet's birthplace, and Ferrara, where the Orlando Furioso was written and Ariosto died, were sacred spots to him; while the terrific madness of the hero, the loves of Ruggiero and Bradamante and the enchanted gardens with their Arabian Nights atmosphere, lapped him in bliss much as they had done in the old days.