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 ...
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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 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 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 I ...
* Fortune, a prediction made in
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 wi ...
* Fortune, in a
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 Chine ...
Fortune TV
Fortune TV is a Burmese digital Free-to-Air TV channel that run under MRTV's Multiplex Playout System based in Yangon, Myanmar. Fortune TV is operated by Fortune Group. They have signed a cooperation agreement with state-run Myanmar Radio and Tele ...
Fortune Records
Fortune Records was an American family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. The label owners were Jack and Devora Brown, their son Sheldon Brown recorded for the label. Original releases tapered off a ...
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Fortune (band)
Fortune is a 1980s rock band that had a number of minor hits in the early 1980s including "Airwaves" from ''The Last American Virgin'' movie soundtrack and from their second 1985 album release including: "Stacy," "Dearborn Station," and "Thril ...
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The Fortunes
The Fortunes are an English harmony 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 10s. Afterwards, they had ...
Watch the Fireworks
Watch the Fireworks is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Emma Pollock, released on 17 September 2007 by 4AD.
Track listing
Singles
Adrenaline ( 7" – May 28, 2007)
#Adrenaline – 5:01
#A Glorious Day – 3:21 (from a po ...
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* "Fortune", a song by Great Big Sea from '' Sea of No Cares'', 2002
Fortune (professional wrestling)
Fortune (originally spelled ) was a professional wrestling alliance in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. Originally consisting of leader Ric Flair, A.J. Styles, James Storm, Kazarian and Robert Roode, the group was modeled ...
Theatres
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Fortune Playhouse
Fortune may refer to:
General
* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Fortune'' (1931 ...
, a theatre in London, England
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Fortune Theatre
The Fortune Theatre is a 432-seat West End theatre on Russell Street, near Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster. Since 1989 the theatre has hosted the long running play ''The Woman in Black''.
History
The site was acquired by author, playw ...
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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
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilitie ...
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 living ...
, a successor 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, commercia ...
People
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Fortune (name) Fortune is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
People Surname
*Amos Fortune (citizen of Jaffrey) (c. 1710–1801), African American ex-slave and businessman
*Dion Fortune (1890–1946), born Violet Mary Firth, Bri ...
, a surname and given name
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Fortune (American slave)
Fortune (c. 1743 – 1798) was an African-American slave who achieved posthumous notability over the transfer of his remains from a museum storage room to a state funeral.
Life
Under the laws of the 18th century American colonial period, Fort ...
Addis Fortune
''Addis Fortune'' (also known as ''Fortune'') is a private and independent newspaper based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal D ...
'' 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 to ...
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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 ( fil, Lungsod ng Marikina), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 456,159 people.
It is locate ...
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Fortune, Arkansas Fortune is an unincorporated community in Cross County, Arkansas
Cross County is a rural Northeast Arkansas county in the Arkansas Delta. Created as Arkansas's 53rd county on November 15, 1862, Cross County contains four incorporated municipali ...
, an unincorporated community in the U.S.
* Fortuna, California or Fortune, California, U.S.
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Fortunen
Fortunen is a neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, located north of Copenhagen. It is located south of Hjortekær and east of Lundtofte and Kongens Lyngby. To the east of Fortunen is Jægersborg Dyrehave
Dyrehaven (Danish 'The Dee ...
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Fortune Island (disambiguation) Fortune Island can refer to:
*Fortune Island (Bahamas), usually known as Long Cay
*Fortune Island (Philippines), an island in Nasugbu, Batangas, site of the sinking of the ''San Diego (ship), San Diego'' in 1600
*Fortune Island, in Fortune Lake, No ...
* , a Unix program
* Fortune, a typeface designed by Walter Baum
See also
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Fortuna (disambiguation)
Fortuna is the Roman goddess of luck.
Fortuna (Latin for "fortune") can also mean:
Places South Georgia Island
* Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island
* Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia Island
United States
* Fortuna, Arizona, a ghost town
* Fortuna, ...