"Seven Sisters" meaning in All languages combined

See Seven Sisters on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop|head=Seven Sisters}} Seven Sisters
  1. (business) A group of seven oil companies that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Categories (topical): Business
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  2. (education) A group of seven liberal arts colleges in the northeastern United States. Categories (topical): Education, Seven Categories (lifeform): Laughingthrushes
    Sense id: en-Seven_Sisters-en-name-LiXjABl5 Disambiguation of Seven: 13 32 5 15 15 8 12 Disambiguation of Laughingthrushes: 13 27 3 18 20 3 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 5 13 22 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 19 5 15 22 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 21 4 15 22 4 18 Topics: education
  3. (astronomy) The Pleiades. Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-Seven_Sisters-en-name-sUoYm4I8 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. A small area in Tottenham, Greater London, named after a ring of seven elm trees (OS grid ref TQ3388). Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Greater London, England
    Sense id: en-Seven_Sisters-en-name-C5PpbnwH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 5 13 22 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 19 5 15 22 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 21 4 15 22 4 18
  5. A village and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8208). Categories (place): Communities of Wales, Places in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, Places in Wales, Villages in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, Villages in Wales Synonyms: Blaendulais
    Sense id: en-Seven_Sisters-en-name-YZX~xoo- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 5 13 22 4 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 19 5 15 22 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 21 4 15 22 4 18
  6. A group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style.
    Sense id: en-Seven_Sisters-en-name-~gNQQa2l

Noun [English]

Forms: Seven Sisters [plural]
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  1. (India) The jungle babbler, Turdoides striata, habitually flocking in extended family groups. Tags: India
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