emporium

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see also: Emporium

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɛmˈpɔɹi.əm/, /ɪmˈpɔɹi.əm/

Noun

emporium (plural emporiums)

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. (often used facetiously) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods.

   With a name like "The Wine and Spirits Emporium", no wonder the prices are so high.

3. A department store.
4. (obsolete) The brain.

Translations

• German: Emporium, Emporion
• Italian: emporio
• Portuguese: empório
• Spanish: emporio

Translations

• Russian: универмаг

Translations

• Portuguese: empório

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Emporium

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Proper noun

1. A borough/county seat in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.

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