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Seven Sisters

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A group of seven oil companies that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business

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Meaning 2

A group of seven liberal arts colleges in the northeastern United States.

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Topics: education

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Meaning 3

The Pleiades.

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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning 4

A small area of Tottenham, borough of Haringey, Greater London, named after a ring of seven elm trees (OS grid ref TQ3388).

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Meaning 5

A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8208).

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Meaning 6

A group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style.

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Meaning 7

An unincorporated community in Duval County, Texas, United States.

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Meaning 8

The jungle babbler, Turdoides striata, habitually flocking in extended family groups.

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Usage: India

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History

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