emporium

[ em-pawr-ee-uhm, -pohr- ]
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noun,plural em·po·ri·ums, em·po·ri·a [em-pawr-ee-uh, -pohr-]. /ɛmˈpɔr i ə, -ˈpoʊr-/.
  1. a large retail store, especially one selling a great variety of articles.

  2. a place, town, or city of important commerce, especially a principal center of trade: New York is one of the world's great emporiums.

Origin of emporium

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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

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emporium

/ (ɛmˈpɔːrɪəm) /


nounplural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)
  1. a large and often ostentatious retail shop offering for sale a wide variety of merchandise

Origin of emporium

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C16: from Latin, from Greek emporion, from emporos merchant, from poros a journey

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