Fortitude meaning
courage
Courage (also called bravery or valor) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Valor is courage or bravery, especially in battle.
Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical pain, h ...
or bravery is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. It is one of the four cardinal virtues that Aristotle proposed. Fortitude is the most important virtue since other virtue cannot be practiced without it.
Fortitude may also refer to:
Ships
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HMS ''Fortitude'', any one of several Royal Navy ships and installations
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HMS ''Fortitude'' (1780), a 74-gun third rate launched in 1780
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HMS ''Cumberland'' (1807) was launched as a 74-gun third rate; in 1833 she became the prison hulk HMS ''Fortitude''
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''Fortitude'' (ship), a sailing ship that carried free immigrants to Australia in 1849
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ST ''Fortitude'', an Admiralty tugboat in service from 1947 to 1962
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USS ''Fortitude'' (AMc-81), a 1941 United States ''Accentor''-class minesweeper
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''Fortitude'' (1780 EIC ship), a merchant vessel built in 1780 on the River Thames
Places
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Fortitude Valley, Queensland
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestri ...
, a section of Brisbane
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Fortitude Valley railway station
Fortitude Valley railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. Located beneath the Valley Metro complex, it serves the central Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley. The station is one of four inner city stations t ...
, located beneath the Valley Metro complex
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Electoral district of Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley, originally known as Hamlet of Fortitude Valley, was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland.
History
Fortitude Valley was one of the original sixteen electorates proclaimed in 1859. It was originally kno ...
, a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland
Art, entertainment, and media
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''Fortitude'' (Botticelli), a 1470 painting
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''Fortitude'' (play), a 1968 short work by Kurt Vonnegut
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''Fortitude'' (TV series), a 2015 British drama television series
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''Fortitude'' (King), a public artwork by artist American James King
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Patience and Fortitude
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, commonly known as the Main Branch, 42nd Street Library or the New York Public Library, is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. ...
'', the lion sculptures flanking the entrance to the Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library
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''Fortitude'' (album), a 2021 album by Gojira
* ''Fortitude'', a 2012 album by
Ian Cooke
* ''Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage'', a 2020 non-fiction book by
Dan Crenshaw
Daniel Reed Crenshaw (born March 14, 1984) is an American politician and former United States Navy SEAL officer serving as the United States representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district includes parts of northe ...
Sports
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Fortitude Valley Diehards
The Fortitude Valley Diehards, often referred to simply as Valleys, are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in the Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley.
History
Until their demise in 1995, the Fortitude Valley Dieh ...
, an Australian rugby league football club
Other uses
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Operation ''Fortitude'', a World War II deception operation
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United Patriots Front
The United Patriots Front (UPF) was an Australian far-right extremist group that opposed immigration, multiculturalism and the religion of Islam. Formed in 2015, the group has been largely dormant since their Facebook page was deleted follow ...
, otherwise known as Fortitude, an Australian populist far-right street protest movement and Facebook group
See also
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Fortitudo (disambiguation)
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