Roland

Roland stands for:

Roland (first name) , a first name
Dearest Roland , a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Roland (Lully) , an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully based on the epic by Ariosto (1685)
Roland (Piccinni) , an opera by Niccolò Piccinni based on the epic by Ariosto (1778)
Ritter Roland , a booklet series
Roland, Ritter Ungestüm , a comic series by François Craenhals
Roland (statue) , statue of a knight with a bare sword (sword of execution), is a symbol of city rights
Roland (film) , a film by Frank Cassenti
Roland (association) , an association for the promotion of regular, coat of arms and seal customers
Mowag Roland , a wheeled tank
Roland (airplanes) , some types of airplanes
Roland (weapon system) , an anti-aircraft missile system
Roland (cycling team) , Belgian cycling team

Products and companies:

Roland (German car brand) , a former German car brand
Roland (Japanese car brand) , a former Japanese car brand
Roland von Berlin , weekly for culture, politics, economy and Berlin life
Roland Digital Group , a plotter manufacturer
Rolandmühle , flour mill in Bremen
Roland Murten , a Swiss food manufacturer
Roland (company) , a manufacturer of music electronics
Roland (insurance) , an insurance company
manroland , a printing press manufacturer
Colliery Roland , mine in Oberhausen
Roland (train) , long-distance express train, later Trans-Europ-Express from Bremen to Milan
Roland SE , former shoe manufacturer, today shoe retailer

Ships:

Count of Paris (ship) , a side paddle steamer operated as Count of Paris and Roland
Roland (Schiff, 1839) , a wooden side-wheel steam tug that operated on the Weser from 1839 to 1847
Roland (Schiff, 1847) , an iron side-wheel steam tug that operated on the Weser and in the seaside resort service from 1848 to 1897
Roland (ship, 1893) , ship of the North German Lloyd
Roland (Schiff, 1927) , a seaside service ship of the North German Lloyd, which was used as a mine ship

Based on Hruotland:

Hruotland , a paladin of Charlemagne
Roland's song , verse epic about the heroic death of Hruotland
Roland (statue) , a symbol of city rights
Bremer Roland , a landmark of Bremen
Haldensleber Roland , a landmark of Haldensleben
Magdeburg Roland , a landmark of Magdeburg
Nordhäuser Roland , a landmark in Nordhausen
Hallescher Roland , a landmark of Halle
Roland (regional money ) , a regional money used in Bremen and the district of Osterholz and the surrounding area

Roland Prize for Art in Public Spaces , an art prize awarded by the Bremen Sculptor Prize Foundation

Roland is a family name for the following people:

Ad Roland (* 1945), Dutch media consultant
Andreas Roland , Major in the Erlach Regiment
Ari Roland (* ≈1970), American jazz musician
Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin (1870–1952), French bishop
Berthold Roland (councilor) († 1428), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
Berthold Roland (* 1928), German art historian
Conrad Roland ( Conrad Roland Lehmann ; * 1934), German architect
Duane Roland (1952-2006), American guitarist
Ernst Roland , pseudonym of Karl Heinrich Christian Emmerich-Eiben (1853–1917), German theosophical author
Floyd Roland (born 1961), Canadian politician
Folker Roland (* 1964), German business economist and university lecturer
Gene Roland (1921–1982), American jazz musician, arranger and composer
George Roland (1882– ??), American director, producer and film editor
Georges Roland (1922–1991), Belgian astronomer
Gilbert Roland (1905-1994), American actor
Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952), Dutch poet and politician
Ida Roland (1881–1951), Austrian actress
Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière (1734–1793), French politician
Jeanne Roland (born 1942), English actress
Jeanne-Marie Manon Philipon Roland, vicomtesse de la Platière (1754–1793), French revolutionary and writer, see Madame Roland
Joe Roland (1920–2009), American jazz musician
Johnny Roland (born 1943), American football player
Jürgen Roland (1925–2007), German feature film and television director
Larry Roland (* 1950), American jazz musician and poet
Ludwig Roland-Lücke (1855–1917), German bank manager and politician, MdR
Madame Roland (1754–1793), French revolutionary
Marc Roland (1894–1975), German film music composer
Olivier Roland (* 1984), Belgian-Canadian ice hockey player
Pascal Marie Roland (* 1951), French clergyman, Bishop of Belley-Ars
Paul Roland (actor) (1931–2016), Swiss actor and director
Paul Roland (cross-country skier) , French cross-country skier
Paul Roland (* 1959), British musician, writer and journalist
Pauline Roland (1805–1852), French journalist and feminist
Renate Roland (* 1948), German actress
Rita Roland (1914–1998), American film editor
Ruth Roland (1892–1937), American actress
Thierry Roland (1937–2012), French journalist
Ulrich Roland (* 1953), German politician (SPD)

Roland is the name of the following places

in Germany:

Roland (Beckum) , district of the city of Beckum

in the United States:

Roland, Arkansas , in Pulaski County
Roland, Georgia , in Upson County
Roland, Idaho , in Shoshone County
Roland (Illinois)
Roland, Indiana , in Orange County
Roland, Iowa , in Story County
Roland, Kansas , in Sumner County
Roland, Minnesota
Roland, Oklahoma , in Sequoyah County

in Canada:

Roland, Manitoba , in the Pembina Valley region

Others:

Roland Bay , Bay of Booth Island, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
Mount Roland , mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

See also:

Wiktionary: Roland - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations