# eyrie

Pronunciation: say "EER-ee" US /ˈɪ.ɹi/, UK /ˈɪə.ɹi/

## Noun

1. The nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle. *(UK)*
   - Simple: The nest of a bird that hunts other animals, like an eagle.
   - _The ospreys returned to the same eyrie at the top of the old Scots pine for the sixth year running._
   - _Climbers were asked to keep off the crag while the falcons' eyrie held chicks._
2. Any high and remote place that holds a commanding position over what lies below. *(UK)*
   - Simple: A high place, far away from others, where you can look down over everything.
   - _The general directed the battle from a hilltop eyrie overlooking the whole valley._
   - _The novelist wrote in an attic eyrie with a view across the rooftops of Edinburgh._

## Origin

From Middle English eire or aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. The Old French aire, meaning an eagle's nest, may come from Latin ager, or, less likely, may be related to the word's other senses, which go back to Latin ārea.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/eyrie (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).