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Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters may refer to:

• Pleiades (mythology), seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology
• Pleiades (star cluster), a star cluster named for the mythological characters
• The Hesperides of Greek mythology
• The Seven Sisters (Forgotten Realms), fictional characters from the Forgotten Realms role-playing game
• Seven Sisters (Meja), an album by the Swedish composer and singer Meja

In geographical locations:

• Seven Sisters, Sussex, a group of chalk cliffs in England
• Seven Sisters, London, an area and road in England with a railway and underground station of that name
• Seven Sisters station, a rail station and underground (tube) station at Seven Sisters, London
• Seven Sisters Road, a road in Seven Sisters, London
• Seven Sisters (Moscow), a group of seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia
• Seven Sister States, a region in northeastern India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura
• Seven Sisters, Wales, a village in the south Wales
• Seven Sisters, British Columbia, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
• Seven Sisters, Norway, a mountain formation in Helgeland, Norway
• Seven Sisters, Queensland, a group of small mountains on the Atherton Tableland in Australia

As organizations:

• Seven Sisters (colleges), a group of American women's colleges
• Seven sisters (studios), the seven original major movie studios
• Seven Sisters (oil companies), a group of oil companies
• Seven Sisters (law firms), a group of major law firms in Toronto

See also

• Qi Xi, a Chinese holiday, sometimes called "Seventh Sister's Birthday"

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