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FORTUNA
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• FORTUNA (noun)
The noun FORTUNA has 1 sense:
1. (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
Familiarity information: FORTUNA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)
Domain category:
Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)
Context examples
A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southwest of Wallis and Fortuna and east of Vanuatu.
(Fiji, NCI Thesaurus)
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