Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of fortune.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman mythology, the goddess of fortune. See
fortune , 2. - noun The nineteenth planetoid, discovered by Hind, in London, in 1852.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Roman mythology The
Roman goddess ofluck ,fortune andfate . The equivalent to theGreek goddess, Tyche. - proper noun astronomy 19 Fortuna, the
asteroid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have been cast in "Fortuna," a thriller set in a bleak economic future.
Dominic Monaghan And Freddy Rodriguez Hope For Good ‘Fortuna’ » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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Christian Louboutin "Fortuna 120 platform pumps" all images can be found atnet-a-porter. com
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"O Fortuna" is a most apropos message tonight civil_truth
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Christian Louboutin "Fortuna 120 platform pumps" all images can be found atnet-a-porter. com
Tailored Tuesdays 2009
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Fortuna is about a game that the wealthy have concocted to give the impoverished hope in the depressing times they live in.
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Fortuna is about a game that the wealthy have concocted to give the impoverished hope in the depressing times they live in.
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In other words, if the goddess Fortuna smiles on us, then, as a result, we will have the good fortune – which comes from the word Fortuna – to be happy.
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Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have been cast in Fortuna, which sounds like The Island Meets Children of Men
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Father brought from Paris a marvellous game, called Fortuna, with bells over pockets in the wood, and balls which were pushed with cues.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906
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Father brought from Paris a marvellous game, called Fortuna, with bells over pockets in the wood, and balls which were pushed with cues.
Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Georg Morris Cohen Brandes 1884
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