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General

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Fortuna Fortuna ( la, Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at ...
or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck *
Luck Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at any time, both due to rand ...
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Wealth Wealth is the abundance of Value (economics), valuable financial assets or property, physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for financial transaction, transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the ...
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fortune-telling Fortune telling is the 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 identical w ...
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fortune cookie A fortune cookie is a crisp and sugary cookie wafer usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", usually an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. The message inside may also include a Chinese ...


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 Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heir ...
'', a 1975 American film * Fortune TV, Burma * ''Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway'', a 2007 UK TV programme * Fortune (Smallville), "Fortune" (''Smallville''), a US TV episode


Music

* Fortune Records, 1946–1995 * Fortune (band), 1980s, US * The Fortunes, an English harmony beat group * Fortune (Beni album), ''Fortune'' (Beni album), 2011 * Fortune (Callers album), ''Fortune'' (Callers album) and its title song, 2008 * Fortune (Chris Brown album), ''Fortune'' (Chris Brown album), 2012 * Fortune (song), "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), Fortune (''Metal Gear''), a video game character * Fortune (professional wrestling)


Theatres

* Fortune Playhouse, a theatre in London, England * Fortune Theatre, London, England * Fortune Theatre, Dunedin * New Fortune Theatre, University of Western Australia#Arts and cultural facilities, University of Western Australia, Perth


Businesses

* Fortune Brands (1969–2011), Fortune Brands, a former US company ** Fortune Brands Home & Security, a successor company * Fortune Tobacco, a Philippine company now part of PMFTC


People

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


Periodicals

* Fortune (magazine), ''Fortune'' (magazine), US * ''Addis Fortune'' or ''Fortune'', a newspaper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


Places

* Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, Canada * Fortune (constituency), in Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong * Fortune, a barangay in Marikina, Philippines * Fortune, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in the U.S. * Fortuna, California or Fortune, California, U.S. * Fortunen, Denmark * Fortune Island (disambiguation)


Ships

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


Other uses

* fortune (Unix), , a Unix program * Fortune, a typeface designed by Walter Baum


See also

* Fortuna (disambiguation) * Misfortune (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, ship