Rowland

English

Proper noun

Rowland

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Roland.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2172).
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
   2. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri.
   3. A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
   4. A township and town therein, in Robeson County, North Carolina.
   5. A ghost town in Linn County, Oregon.

Quotations

• 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

  : Act I, Scene II:

  England all Olivers and Rowlands bred

  During the time Edward the Third did reign.

Derived terms

• Rowland Heights
• Rowlands Castle
• Rowlandson

 

Anagrams

• Waldron, Worland