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   eyrie

   /ˈɪəri/

   noun

   • 1. a large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff.
   • ▪ a high or inaccessible place from which someone can observe what is below them: "his 40th floor eyrie in the tallest office building in Portland"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area ‘level piece of ground’, in late Latin‘nest of a bird of prey’.

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