FORTUITY

accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event

(noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; “winning the lottery was a happy accident”; “the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck”; “it was due to an accident or fortuity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

fortuity (countable and uncountable, plural fortuities)

(uncountable) The state of being fortuitous.

(countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.

Source: Wiktionary


For*tu"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fortuité.]

Definition: Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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