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Look up: Fortuna

  1. fortuna
    Latin, meaning: fortune, luck, fate, chance.
    Found on http://archives.nd.edu/fff.htm

  2. Fortuna
    Fortuna was the Roman goddess of luck.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Fortuna
    Fortuna is a city in Humboldt County California, USA Fortuna is a city in Divide County North Dakota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Fortuna
    [n] - the goddess of fortune and good luck
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Fortuna
    One of the `minor planets` of our solar system. Discovered by Hind on 22 Aug 1852. Diameter in km: 198. More data in TABLE 13. THE MINOR PLANETS
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  6. Fortuna
    In Roman mythology, the goddess of chance and good fortune. Originally an Italian fertility goddess, she was later identified with the Greek Tyche, personific ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  7. Fortuna
    In Roman mythology, `Fortuna` (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) goddess of fortune, was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck, but she could be represented veiled and blind, as modern depictions of Justice are seen, and came to represent the capriciousness of life. She is also a goddess of fate.Her father was Jupiter, and she had no lovers or children. Fortuna had a retinue that included Copia among her blessings. Under the n...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna

  8. fortuna
    (from the article `Europe, history of`) ...of Machiavelli, not to mention that of the civic humanists. Where Machiavelli believed that virtů—bold and intelligent initiative—could shape, if ... ...which he developed according to such general principles as the concepts of virtů (`individual initiative`) a...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/49

  9. Fortuna
    in Roman religion, goddess of chance or lot who became identified with the Greek Tyche; the original Italian deity was probably regarded as the ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/49

  10. Fortuna
    Fortuna is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Mythical goddess of Fortune` The name Fortuna doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Fortuna seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/For

  11. Fortuna
    Fortuna, quum blanditur, fallit. When fate smiles, it deceives. Another translation is, 'When Fortune comes fawning, it is to ensnare.' Motto of Konrad I of Franconia (911-918) who was the first German King elected by the powerful east Franconian tribes.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. Fortuna
    Fortuna (fôrtOO'nu) , in Roman religion, goddess of fortune. Worshiped under several forms, she appears to have originally been a goddess of fertility. She was later identified with Tyche, the Greek goddess of chance, and like her was represented with a ship's rudder and a cornucopia.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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