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emporium

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em⋅po⋅ri⋅um

  [em-pawr-ee-uhm, -pohr-]
–noun, plural -po⋅ri⋅ums, -po⋅ri⋅a  [-pawr-ee-uh, -pohr-] .
1. a large retail store, esp. one selling a great variety of articles.
2. a place, town, or city of important commerce, esp. a principal center of trade: New York is one of the world's great emporiums.
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Origin:
1580–90; < L < Gk empórion market, emporium, equiv. to émporos merchant, orig. traveler, passenger (em- em- 2 + póros passage, voyage; cf. en pórōi on a voyage, en route) + -ion n. suffix of place

Synonyms:
1. market, marketplace, bazaar.
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em·po·ri·um   (ěm-pôr'ē-əm, -pōr'-)   
n.   pl. em·po·ri·ums or em·po·ri·a (-pôr'ē-ə, -pōr'-)

  1. A place where various goods are bought and sold; a marketplace.

  2. A large retail store or place of business: a furniture emporium.


[Latin, from Greek emporion, from emporos, traveler, merchant : en-, in; see en-2 + poros, journey; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

emporium 
1586, from L. emporium, from Gk. emporion, from emporos "merchant, traveler," from en- "in" + poros "passage, voyage," ult. from peirein "to pass through."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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