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Плеяды — meaning in English

Pleyady

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English meaning

  • Pleiades name In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas, companions of the goddess Artemis.

Senses

Плеяды is used for these senses in English:

  • Pleiades (Greek god) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
  • Pleiades (astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

Pleiades — full definition

  1. name In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas, companions of the goddess Artemis.
  2. name A bright, easily-visible cluster of young blue stars in the constellation Taurus, also called the Seven Sisters.
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