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

  3. 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

  4. 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.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Fortuna
    Fortuna was the Roman goddess of hope, prosperity and increase. She was later identified with the Greek goddess Tyche, and became the goddess of luck, and chance. She is depicted as holding a cornucopia - as the giver of abundance, a rudder - as the steerer of destinies or standing upon a ball - representing the uncertainty of fortune.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Fortuna
    Fortuna is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  12. Fortuna
    (1950) Fortuna (1950) is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  13. Fortuna
    (1981) Fortuna (1981) is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  14. Fortuna
    `Fortuna` (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the goddess of fortune and personification of luck in Roman religion. She might bring good luck or bad: she could be represented as veiled and blind, as in modern depictions of Justice, and came to represent life`s capriciousness. She was also a ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna

  15. Fortuna
    (PRNG) `Fortuna` is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) devised by Bruce Schneier and Niels Ferguson. It is named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of chance. More precisely, Fortuna is a family of secure PRNGs; its design leaves some choices open to implemen...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna

  16. Fortuna
    (cigarette) `Fortuna` is a brand of cigarettes owned by Franco-Spanish company Altadis, and hence a sub-section of British tobacco group Imperial Tobacco. Fortuna contains a blend of American tobacco made mainly from Virginia-type tobacco. Fortuna was first introduced in Spain in 1974 by Taba...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna

  17. Fortuna
    (steamboat) The steamboat `Fortuna` was a vessel that operated on Lake Washington in the first part of the 20th Century. Construction: Fortuna was built in 1904 at a shipyard on the west side of Lake Washington two blocks south of Leschi Park. She was 106.9 feet in length overal...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna

  18. Fortuna
    (Maranhão) `Fortuna (Maranhão)` is a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of format = PDF|language=Portuguese -->--><ref name="PNUD_IDH_2000">--><ref name="IBGE_PIB_2005">--> See also: References:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna



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