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Pleiades The Pleiades (), also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an Asterism (astronomy), asterism of an open cluster, open star cluster containing young Stellar classification#Class B, B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Tau ...
, or Seven Sisters, a star cluster named for
Pleiades (Greek mythology) The Pleiades (; , ), were the seven sister-nymphs, companions of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. Together with their sisters, the Hyades, they were sometimes called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers of the inf ...
, the seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology


Arts and entertainment


Music

* ''Seven Sisters'' (Beta Radio album), 2010 * ''Seven Sisters'' (Meja album), 1998 * "Seven Sisters", an instrumental by Tori Amos from ''
Night of Hunters ''Night of Hunters'' is the twelfth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released on September 20, 2011, in the United States through Deutsche Grammophon. It is a concept album that Amos has described as "a 21st century song ...
'', 2011 * "Seven Sisters", a song by MewithoutYou from ''
Catch for Us the Foxes ''Catch for Us the Foxes'' is the second studio album by the Philadelphia indie rock band mewithoutYou, released on October 5, 2004, by Tooth & Nail Records. Background The album takes its name from the Biblical Song of Songs 2:15, "Catch for us ...
'', 2004 * "Seven Sisters", a song by the Sword from ''
Apocryphon Apocryphon ("secret writing"), plural apocrypha, was a Greek term for a genre of Jewish and Early Christian writings that were meant to impart "secret teachings" or gnosis (knowledge) that could not be publicly taught. Jesus briefly withheld his m ...
'', 2012 * "The Seven Sisters", a song by Celldweller from ''
Wish Upon a Blackstar ''Wish Upon a Blackstar'' is the second vocal studio album (third overall) from the American electronic rock project Celldweller. While it had been a work in progress since 2004, finalized songs were not issued until mid-2009. The full album was ...
'', 2012 * "The Seven Sisters", a song by Rainer Maria from ''
A Better Version of Me ''A Better Version of Me'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band Rainer Maria. Reception "Matured vocal power and solid song structure have replaced the cacophonous ways of their youth." - ''PopMatters'' "Caithlin De Marrais ...
'', 2001


Films

* ''The Seven Sisters'' (film), a 1915 American silent romantic comedy * ''Seven Sisters'' (film), or ''What Happened to Monday'', a 2017 dystopian science-fiction film


Books and plays

* ''The Seven Sisters'' (musical), an 1860 musical * ''The Seven Sisters'', a 1975 book by Anthony Sampson about the
Seven Sisters (oil companies) Big Oil is a name sometimes used to describe the world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, also known as supermajors. The term, particularly in the United States, emphasizes their economic power and ...
* ''The Seven Sisters'' (novel), 1992 novel by Margaret Drabble * ''The Seven Sisters'', 2014–2023 book series by
Lucinda Riley Lucinda Kate Riley (; 16 February 1965 – 11 June 2021) was a Northern Irish author of popular historical fiction, formerly an actress and ballet dancer. Biography Lucinda Edmonds was born in Lisburn and spent the first few years of her life i ...


Theatre

* Seven Sisters Group, a 1990 British performance company


Other media

* Seven sisters (studios), the seven original major movie studios *
Seven Sisters (magazines) Seven Sisters may refer to: * Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a star cluster named for Pleiades (Greek mythology), the seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology Arts and entertainment Music * Seven Sisters (Beta Radio album), ''S ...
, a group of American women's magazines * Seven Sisters (''Forgotten Realms''), fictional characters from the ''Forgotten Realms'' role-playing game * The Seven Sisters (role-playing game supplement)


Biology

* Seven Sisters Oak, largest southern live oak registered in the U.S. *
Jungle babbler The jungle babbler (''Argya striata'') is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent. Jungle babblers are gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name ...
, a type of bird known as seven sisters in northern India * ''
Crinum americanum ''Crinum americanum'' is an Aquatic plant, aquatic angiosperm native to North America from Texas to South Carolina, as well as Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Common names for this species include Florida swamp-lily, string lily, an ...
'', a plant commonly known as seven sisters * ''
Sterculia monosperma ''Sterculia monosperma'', also known as Chinese chestnut, Thai chestnut, seven sisters' fruit, and phoenix eye fruit, is a deciduous tropical nut-bearing tree of genus '' Sterculia''. Distribution Its origin is southern China (Guangdong, Gua ...
'', a type of nut from Southern China known as seven sisters' fruit


Organizations

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Big Oil Big Oil is a name sometimes used to describe the world's six or seven largest List of corporations by market capitalization#Publicly traded companies, publicly traded and investor-owned list of oil companies, oil and gas companies, also known ...
, various lists of seven companies said to dominate the oil industry at various times *
Seven Sisters (colleges) The Seven Sisters are a group of seven private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and Wellesley College ar ...
, the name given to seven US liberal arts colleges that are historically women's colleges *
Seven Sisters (law firms) The Seven Sisters refers to a historical collection of seven law firms with offices across Canada, the majority of which have head offices in Toronto, Ontario. Membership In alphabetical order, the historical Seven Sisters included: Blakes, Davi ...
, seven Canadian law firms


Places


Australia

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Seven Sisters (Queensland) The Pinnacles (aka the Seven Sisters) are a series of seven volcanic cinder cones on the Atherton Tableland, near Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia. They were formed more than 350,000 years ago. The vents have an overall southwest-northeast ...
, a group of small mountains on the Atherton Tableland in Australia


Continental Europe

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Seven Sisters (Moscow) The Seven Sisters () are a group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist architecture, Stalinist style. They were built from 1947 to 1953. At the time of construction, they were the tallest buildings in Europe, and the main bui ...
, a group of skyscrapers in Russia *
Seven Sisters Waterfall (Norway) The Seven Sisters ( or , also known as ) is the 39th tallest waterfall in Norway. The tall waterfall consists of seven separate streams, and the tallest of the seven has a free fall that measures . The waterfall is located along the Geiranger ...
, Geirangerfjord *
De syv søstre or is a mountain range on the island of Alsten in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The mountain range consists of seven peaks on the southeastern half of the island. The mountains are (listed from northeast to southwest): ...
(Seven Sisters), a mountain formation in Helgeland, Norway


Ireland

* Seven Sisters, Donegal, a mountain chain in County Donegal, Ireland


North America

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Seven Sisters (Massachusetts) The Seven Sisters, part of the Holyoke Range and located within the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts, United States, are a series of basalt ridgeline knobs between Mount Holyoke and Mount Hitchcock (there are more than seven distinct peak ...
, a group of ridgeline knobs in the Holyoke Range of Western Massachusetts, US * Seven Sisters, Baja California, seven surfing point breaks in Baja California, Mexico * Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba, a community in Manitoba, Canada * Seven Sisters Mountain, Alberta, Canada * Seven Sisters Peaks, British Columbia, Canada * Seven Sisters, Texas, US


United Kingdom


England

* Seven Sisters, London **
Seven Sisters station Seven Sisters is an interchange station in the Seven Sisters, London, Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, North London. It is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and the Weaver line on the Lea Valley lines of the Lo ...
, a rail and Tube station **
Seven Sisters Road Seven Sisters Road is a road in north London, England which runs within the boroughs of London Borough of Islington, Islington, London Borough of Hackney, Hackney and London Borough of Haringey, Haringey. It is an extension of Camden Road, runnin ...
, North London * Seven Sisters (Quantock Hills), a prominent Somerset landmark * Seven Sisters Road,
St Lawrence, Isle of Wight St Lawrence is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ventnor, on the south (English Channel) coast of the Isle of Wight, in southern England. It is located to the west of the town of Ventnor, in the Undercliff (Isle of Wight), U ...
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Seven Sisters, Sussex The Seven Sisters are a series of Chalk Group, chalk sea cliffs on the English Channel coast, and are a stretch of the sea-eroded section of the South Downs range of hills, in the county of East Sussex, in south-east England. The Seven Sisters c ...
, a group of chalk cliffs * Seven Sisters Rocks,
Symonds Yat Symonds Yat is a village in the Wye Valley in the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, and a popular tourist destination. It straddles the River Wye, and is within a few miles of Monmouthshire and the Welsh border. The two ...
, Herefordshire


Wales

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Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot Seven Sisters (: source of the (river) Dulais) is a village and community in the Dulais Valley, Wales, UK. It lies north-east of Neath. Seven Sisters falls within the Seven Sisters ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough. History The vill ...
, a village ** Seven Sisters (electoral ward), an electoral ward, Neath Port Talbot


Hong Kong

* Tsat Tsz Mui (Seven Sisters), an area and road in Hong Kong


India

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Seven Sister States Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, M ...
, a region in northeastern India


Other uses

* The Seven Sisters songline, a creation (Dreamtime) story in Aboriginal Australian mythology, **linked to
Australian Aboriginal astronomy Australian Aboriginal astronomy has been passed down orally, through ceremonies, and in their artwork of many kinds. The astronomical systems passed down thus show a depth of understanding of the movement of celestial objects which allowed them ...
* Seven Sisters of American Protestantism,
mainline Protestant The mainline Protestants (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) are a group of Protestantism in the United States, Protestant denominations in the United States and Protestantism in Canada, Canada largely of the Liberal Christianity, theolo ...
denominations * ''Seven Sisters'' (''Sette Sorelle''), most successful Italian
Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
football clubs:
Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...
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Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
,
Inter Inter may refer to: Association football clubs * Inter Milan, an Italian club * SC Internacional, a Brazilian club * Inter Miami CF, an American club * Inter Playa del Carmen, a Mexican club * FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club * FC Inter Turku, ...
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Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: People, characters, figures, names * Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas. * Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun * Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
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Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
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Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...
(replacing
Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
), and
Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...


See also

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Pleiades in folklore and literature The high visibility of the star cluster Pleiades in the night sky and its position along the ecliptic (which approximates to the Solar System's common planetary plane) has given it importance in many cultures, ancient and modern. Its heliacal r ...
, often termed the Seven Sisters {{disambiguation 7 (number)