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Definition of emporium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

emporium

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