Fortuna (disambiguation)
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Fortuna (Latin and Spanish: "fortune") can mean:
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[edit] Geographical
- 19 Fortuna, asteroid
- Fortuna, California, town located on the north coast of California
- Fortuna, United States Virgin Islands
- Fortuna, California, former name of Fargo, California
- Fortuna, North Dakota, town located in the northwest of North Dakota, near the Canadian border.
- Fortuna Air Force Station, abandoned Air Force Long Range radar site from the Cold War.
- Fortuna (SEPTA station)
- Fortuna, Spain, town located in the Region of Murcia
- Fortuna (Maranhão), town and municipality in Brazil
- Fortuna (San Luis), village and municipality in Argentina
[edit] People
- Fortuna (Brazilian singer), a female singer and composer from Brazil of Jewish origin
- Brian Fortuna (b. 1982), American ballroom dancer
- Diana Fortuna (b. 1956), American businesswoman
- Diego Fortuna, an Italian discus thrower
- Józef Fortuna (b. 1952), Polish politician
- Loris Fortuna (1924—1985), Italian left-wing politician
- Maciej Fortuna, Polish trumpet player, composer and musical educator
- Stan Fortuna (b. 1957) Catholic priest notable for his evangelical musical contributions
- Wojciech Fortuna, a Polish ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist
- Diego Mazquiarán, a Spanish matador known as Fortuna
[edit] Entertainment and fiction
- Fortuna (film), Israeli film directed by Menahem Golan
- Bib Fortuna, Star Wars character
- Fortuna is a planet in the Star Fox Series. Not to be confused with Fichina mistranslated as Fortuna in Star Fox 64
[edit] Sports
[edit] Ships
- Fortuna (steamboat)
- Fortuna, a Spanish ship that wrecked in Wilmington, North Carolina
[edit] Other
- Fortuna (PRNG), an algorithm for cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generation, design by Niels Ferguson and Bruce Schneier
- Fortuna (cigarette), a cigarette brand owned by Altadis
- "O Fortuna", widely recognizable opening movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
- A name for bagatelle, a game developed from billiard
- A genetically modified potato developed by BASF Plant Science
[edit] See also
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