Complete Definition of "Pleiades"

English

Proper noun
wikipedia
Pleiades

  1. greekmyth: The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
  2. astronomy: An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

Synonyms
Seven Sisters

Translations
trans-top|Greek mythology
Portuguese: Plêiades f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|astronomy
Finnish: Seulaset, Plejadit
German: Plejaden pl. f
trans-mid
Japanese: �, ��� (Subaru)
Urdu: URchar|ثر�ا (suraiy�) m
trans-bottom

See also
Hyades

el:Pleiades
pl:Pleiades

Revision and Credits for"Pleiades"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.