emporium
Americannoun
plural
emporiums, emporia-
a large retail store, especially one selling a great variety of articles.
- Synonyms:
- bazaar, marketplace, market
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a place, town, or city of important commerce, especially a principal center of trade.
New York is one of the world's great emporiums.
noun
Etymology
Origin of emporium
First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin, from Greek empórion “market, emporium,” equivalent to émporos “merchant,” originally “traveler, passenger” ( em- em- 2 + póros “passage, voyage”) + -ion noun suffix of place
Example Sentences
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“Bread of Angels” does take readers to March 9, 1976, the night Smith met the love of her life, standing next to a radiator in a hot dog emporium in downtown Detroit.
From Salon
“For whatever is grown and made among each people cannot fail to be here at all times and in abundance,” he wrote, “so that the city appears a kind of common emporium of the world.”
She began to lean into her carefully curated emporium as the vivacious backdrop it is.
From Los Angeles Times
Zoom in, and one will see there’s a large “emporium” to greet guests — and shoppers — on Main Street, U.S.A., as well as a castle-like moat to mark the entrance to Fantasyland.
From Los Angeles Times
But Dinello had gotten a copy of an educational film called “The Trip Back” from Kim’s Video, the legendary East Village emporium known for its collection of obscure titles.
From Los Angeles Times
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