emporium
noun/emˈpɔːriəm/
/emˈpɔːriəm/
(plural emporiums, emporia
/emˈpɔːriə/
/emˈpɔːriə/
)- (old-fashioned) a large shop
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- a shop that sells a particular type of goods
- an arts and crafts emporium
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, from Greek emporion, from emporos ‘merchant’, based on a stem meaning ‘to journey’.
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