Emporium

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɛmˈpɔɹiÉ™m/

Origin

From Latin emporium ("trading station, market town, market"); from Ancient Greek ἐμπορεῖον (emporion, "trading station"), from ἔμπορος (emporos, "merchant", "traveller", literally "incomer""), from ἐν (en, "in") and πόρος ("journey")

Full definition of emporium

Noun

1. A market place or trading centre, particularly of an ancient city.
• 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin 2008, p. 28:Only where churchmen congregated or rulers established their emporia—licensed depots for the long-distance trade in luxuries—did any vestiges of urban life survive.
2. A shop that offers a wide variety of goods, often used facetiously.With a name like "The Wine and Spirits Emporium", no wonder the prices are so high.
3. A department store.
4. (obsolete) The brain.

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