Fortuna (disambiguation)
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Fortuna (Latin for "fortune") can mean:
Geographical
- Fortuna, Maranhão, municipality in Brazil
- Fortuna, San Luis, village and municipality in Argentina
- Fortuna (SEPTA station)
- Fortuna, Arizona, ghost town in Yuma County
- Fortuna, California, town located on the north coast of California
- Fortuna, Missouri, unincorporated community in western Moniteau County
- Fortuna, North Dakota, town located in the northwest of North Dakota, near the Canadian border
- Fortuna Air Force Station, North Dakota, abandoned Air Force Long Range radar site from the Cold War
- Fortuna, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Fortuna, Murcia, town located in the Region of Murcia
- 19 Fortuna, asteroid
- Fargo, California, formerly named Fortuna, California
People
- Fortuna (Brazilian singer), a female singer and composer from Brazil of Jewish origin
- Brian Fortuna (born 1982), American ballroom dancer
- Diana Fortuna (born 1956), American businesswoman
- Diego Fortuna, an Italian discus thrower
- Józef Fortuna (born 1952), Polish politician
- Loris Fortuna (1924—1985), Italian left-wing politician
- Maciej Fortuna, Polish trumpet player, composer and musical educator
- Stan Fortuna (born 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
Entertainment and fiction
- Fortuna (film), Israeli film directed by Menahem Golan
- Bib Fortuna, Star Wars character
- "O Fortuna", opening and closing movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
- Fortuna, a name for "Bagatelle", a game developed from billiard
- Fortuna, a planet in the Star Fox series; not to be confused with Fichina (mistranslated as Fortuna in Star Fox 64)
Ships
- Fortuna (steamboat)
- Fortuna, a Spanish ship that wrecked in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Fortuna, various yachts used by Spanish king Juan Carlos I
Sports
Other
- Fortuna (cigarette), a cigarette brand owned by Altadis
- Fortuna (PRNG), an algorithm for cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generation, design by Niels Ferguson and Bruce Schneier
- 19 Fortuna, an asteroid
- Fortuna, a genetically modified potato developed by BASF Plant Science
See also
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