Seven Sisters
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- The term Seven Sisters may refer to:
Astronomy and mythology:
- 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
Churches:
- The Seven Sisters of American Protestantism an informal grouping of seven traditional mainline and liberal Protestant denominations: The Episcopal Church, The Presbyterian Church (USA), The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The American Baptist Churches, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the United Church of Christ.
Colleges:
- Seven Sisters (colleges), a group of American women's colleges
Role playing games:
- The Seven Sisters (Forgotten Realms), fictional characters from the Forgotten Realms role-playing game
Geographical locations:
- Seven Sisters, Baja California, Mexico, Seven epic point breaks in Baja California, Mexico
- Seven Sisters, British Columbia, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
- Seven Sister States, a region in northeastern India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura
- 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 Tottenham, London
- Seven Sisters Road, a road in North London
- Seven Sisters, Manitoba, a community in Manitoba, Canada
- Seven Sisters (Moscow), a group of seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia
- Seven Sisters, Norway, a mountain formation in Helgeland, Norway
- Seven Sisters, Queensland, a group of small mountains on the Atherton Tableland in Australia
- Seven Sisters, Sussex, a group of chalk cliffs in England
- Seven Sisters, Wales, a village in South Wales
- Seven Sisters, Western Massachusetts, a group of seven mountaintops in the Holyoke Range of Western Massachusetts.
Music:
- Seven Sisters (Meja), an album by the Swedish composer and singer Meja
Organizations:
- 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
Waterfalls:
- Seven Sisters Waterfall, Norway, a group of waterfalls in the Geirangerfjord
- Seven Sisters Waterfall, Grenada, a succession of seven waterfalls in Grenada also called St. Margaret Falls.
Sport:
In Italian Football, the Seven Sisters refer to the seven largest clubs, traditionally all in Serie A: AC Milan, Internazionale, SS Lazio, Fiorentina, Juventus, Parma AC, AS Roma and traditionally taking up the first seven positions in Serie A. However, since the turn of the century, Parma AC and Fiorentina have suffered financially, and the others bar AS Roma and Internazionale have suffered after the Calciopoli scandel, with Juventus being relegated to Serie B, and the other teams point punishments making it difficult for them to finish in the top 7.
[edit] See also
- Qi Xi, a Chinese holiday, sometimes called "Seventh Sister's Birthday"
- The Seven Sisters of the Telephone, sometimes used to describe the original Baby Bells
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