On the 3/29/05 episode of The Amazing Race, the competitors went to the Orlando Children’s Home in Soweto, South Africa.
Interesting. I thought “Orlando” was derived from Spanish (as opposed to Dutch or an African language, such as would be used in a South African landmark).
Anyway, where in the world are there cities/towns named “Orlando”? I’m pretty sure there’s one somewhere in the southeastern U.S. According to Yahoo, there are also Orlandos in Kentucky (although city-data.com doesn’t recognize it); Oklahoma (pop. 201, according to city-data.com); and West Virginia (city-data.com doesn’t recoginze it).
Is there an Orlando somewhere in Spain for which the Florida city is named? Does “Orlando” mean something in Spanish? Perhaps a person of some significance in Spanish history?
The original Orlando was the Italian version of the name of Roland, the Paladin of Charlemagne famed in song and story. Most of the Orlandos of the world are either named after him or after people or places named after him, with perhaps a few “…named after a person/place named after…” inserted in there for additional removals.
Orlando, KY, is in Rockcastle County, at the junction of State Highways 1004 and 1912, northeast of Burr, where one exits I-75 and takes SH 1004 to get to it. It appears to have no distinguishing features whatsoever, except perhaps being on an abandoned railway and/or on either Renfro or Roundstone Creek.
José Cañusí
Bea deDon
Sir Lee Light
“Wuts” O’Prow
Lee “Wee” Hayle
Dat Thuh (Vietnamese, apparently)
Twila Tslast (Must be Slavic)
Glee Ming (OK, now I’m just being silly)
According to Yahoo, there are also Orlandos in Kentucky (although city-data.com doesn’t recognize it); Oklahoma (pop. 201, according to city-data.com); and West Virginia (city-data.com doesn’t recoginze it).
