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eris

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Proper noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q140001}}{{lb|en|Greek god}} The [[goddess]] of [[discord]] and [[strife]], whose [[apple of discord]] sparked events that eventually led to the [[Trojan War]]; ''equated by [[Homer]] with [[Enyo]] (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess [[Discordia]]'';<br>{{lb|en|religion|Discordianism}} the same figure as principal deity of [[Discordianism]], regarded as the goddess of [[disorder]].
  2. {{senseid|en|Q611}}{{lb|en|astronomy}} The celestial body 136199 Eris, the most-massive known [[dwarf planet]] in the [[Solar System]] and the largest known object in the [[scattered disk]]; ''formerly nicknamed [[Xena]]''.
  3. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Champaign County|s/Ohio|c/USA}}.

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