Roland (roorando) in Japanese

The name Roland in Japanese Katakana is ロオランド which in romaji is roorando. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Roland in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ろおらんど.

How do you write Roland in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "roland" is 路蘭 (Rō-ran). 路 (rō) means "path/road" and 蘭 (ran) means "orchid".

The western meaning of the name Roland is "famous land". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 名地 (mei-chi), which is pronounced "may-chee". The kanji characters mean "famous" and "land" respectively.

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