Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seven sisters

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
sev-en -sis-ters
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Indian usage

name

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

name

The Pleiades.

name

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

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Inflected Forms

the Seven Sisters (canonical)

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What does seven sisters mean?
The jungle babbler, Turdoides striata, habitually flocking in extended family groups.

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