2006-08-21 15:16:31 · 4 answers · asked by ~jennifer ~ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i believe it is spanish for a whales vagina
2006-08-21 15:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by rare breed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some historians date Orlando's name to around 1836 when a soldier named Orlando Reeves allegedly died in the area, during the war against the Seminole Indian tribe. It seems, however, that Orlando Reeves (sometimes Rees) operated a sugar mill and plantation about 30 miles (50 km) to the north at Spring Garden in Volusia County, and pioneer settlers simply found his name carved into a tree and assumed it was a marker for a grave site. They thus referred to the area as "Orlando's grave" and later simply "Orlando."
2006-08-21 22:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by Joe D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bloom, who is named after the 17th century composer Orlando Gibbons
2006-08-21 22:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by rachel k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the europeans were trying to take a part of florida from the native americans, they said, "it's our-land-tho".
2006-08-21 22:23:09 · answer #4 · answered by haat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋