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General

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Fortuna Fortuna (, equivalent to the Greek mythology, Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Religion in ancient Rome, Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular thr ...
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Luck Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The Naturalism (philosophy), naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at a ...
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Wealth Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating Old English word , which is from an ...
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Fate Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predeterminism, predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words wiktionary ...
* Fortune, a prediction made in
fortune-telling Fortune telling is the spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. Melton, J. Gordon. (2008). ''The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena''. Visible Ink Press. pp. 115–116. The scope of fortune telling is in principle ...
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie


Arts and entertainment


Film and television

* ''The Fortune'' (1931 film), a French film * ''
The Fortune ''The Fortune'' is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carole Eastman (credited under the pseudonym Adrien Joyce) focuses on two bumbling con men who ...
'', a 1975 American film * ''Fortune'' (film), a 2022 Tajik film * Fortune TV, Burma * '' Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway'', a 2007 UK TV programme * "Fortune" (''Smallville''), a US TV episode


Music

* Fortune Records, 1946–1995 * Fortune (band), 1980s, US *
The Fortunes The Fortunes are an English harmony beat music, beat group. Formed in Birmingham, the Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the US, Canadian, and UK Top 40, Top 10s. Aft ...
, an English harmony beat group * ''Fortune'' (Beni album), 2011 * ''Fortune'' (Callers album) and its title song, 2008 * ''Fortune'' (Chris Brown album), 2012 * "Fortune" (song), by Nami Tamaki, 2005 * "Fortune", a song by Emma Pollock from '' Watch the Fireworks'', 2007 * "Fortune", a song by Great Big Sea from '' Sea of No Cares'', 2002


Sports and games

* Fortune (''Metal Gear''), a video game character *
Fortune (professional wrestling) Fortune (originally spelled ) was a professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable short-lived in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) WWE, World Wrestling Federation WEProfessional wrestling promotion, pro ...


Theatres

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Fortune Playhouse The Fortune Playhouse was an historic theatre in London. It was located between Whitecross Street, London, Whitecross Street and the modern Golden Lane, London, Golden Lane, just outside the City of London. It was founded about 1600, and suppre ...
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Fortune Theatre The Fortune Theatre is a 432-seat West End theatre in Russell Street, near Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster. From 1989 until 2023 the theatre hosted the long running play '' The Woman in Black''. History The site was acquired by aut ...
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Fortune Theatre, Dunedin New Zealand's Fortune Theatre laid claim to being the world's southernmost professional theatre company and sole year round professional theatre group in Dunedin, until its closure on 1 May 2018, citing financial difficulties. The company ran ...
* New Fortune Theatre,
University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...
, Perth


Businesses

* Fortune Brands, a former US company **
Fortune Brands Home & Security Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (or "Fortune Brands") is an American manufacturer of home and security products, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. Its portfolio of businesses and brands includes Moen and the House of Rohl; outdoor livin ...
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Fortune Systems Fortune Systems Corporation, later Tigera Group, Inc. and Connectivity Technologies, Inc., was an American computer hardware and software company active from 1980 to 2011. The company existed as a manufacturer of Unix workstations between 1980 and ...
, a defunct US computer company * Fortune Tobacco, a Philippine company now part of
PMFTC PMFTC, Inc. is the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI). Owned 50-50 by PMI and local conglomerate LT Group, PMFTC is the leading cigarette manufacturer in the Philippines, controlling over 90% of the local market, comme ...


People

* Fortune (name), a surname and given name * Fortune (American slave) (c. 1743–1798), African-American slave


Periodicals

* ''Fortune'' (magazine), US * ''
Addis Fortune ''Addis Fortune'' (also known as ''Fortune'') is a private and independent newspaper based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa ...
'' or ''Fortune'', a newspaper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


Places

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Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador Fortune (2021 population: 1,285) is a Canadian town located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Fortune is situated on the western side of the Burin Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland and was incorporated as a town in 1945. The ...
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Fortune Bay Fortune Bay () is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.Fortune (constituency), in Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong * Fortune, a barangay in
Marikina Marikina (), officially the City of Marikina (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 4 ...
, Philippines * Fortune, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in the U.S. * Fortunen, Denmark * Fortune Island (disambiguation)


Ships

* ''Fortune'' (1799 ship) * ''Fortune'' (1800 ship) * ''Fortune'' (1805 ship) * ''Fortune'' (Plymouth Colony ship) * HMS ''Fortune'', ships of the Royal Navy, including: ** HMS ''Fortune'' (1778), a 14-gun sloop ** HMS ''Fortune'' (1913), an Acasta-class destroyer ** HMS ''Fortune'' (H70), an F-class destroyer * HMCS ''Fortune'' (MCB 151), a Canadian minesweeper * SS ''Fortune'', a cargo ship * USS ''Fortune'' (1865), a tugboat * USS ''Fortune'' (IX-146), a cargo ship * MSC ''Fortunate'', a cargo ship also known as MV Fortune and MV Hyundai Fortune


Other uses

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fortune Fortune may refer to: General * Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck * Luck * Wealth * Fate * Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling * Fortune, in a fortune cookie Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Fortune'' (19 ...
, a Unix program * Fortune, a typeface designed by Walter Baum


See also

* Fortuna (disambiguation) * Fortunate (disambiguation) *
Misfortune (disambiguation) Misfortune or Misfortunes may refer to: *Bad luck Books *Misfortune (folk tale), ''Misfortune'' (folk tale) (Italian: "Sfortuna"), an Italian fairy tale collected by Italo Calvino in his ''Italian Folktales'' *Misfortune (novel), ''Misfortune ...
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