Pleiades
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Pleiades can refer to:
- Pleiades (star cluster) - an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus.
- Pleiades (mythology) - the seven sisters of Greek mythology.
- Pleiades Promoter Project - a research project with an aim to generate 160 fully characterized, human DNA promoters of less than 4 kb (MiniPromoters) to drive gene expression in defined brain regions of therapeutic interests.
- Pleiades (volcano group) - a group of volcanoes in Antarctica.
- La Pléiade - a group of 16th-century French poets.
- Bibliothèque de la Pléiade - standard reference editions of major works of primarily French literature, published by the French publishing house Gallimard; such an edition is often called the Pléiade edition.
- Pleiades (magazine) (also Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing) - a magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and book reviews.
- Pleiades Project of the Ancient World Mapping Center, University of North Carolina
- The Pleiades (Musical Group) - a Jamaican musical group from the 1970s.
- Pleiades (musical composition) - a percussion ensemble work by Iannis Xenakis