emporium

emporium
/em pawr"ee euhm, -pohr"-/, n., pl. emporiums, emporia /-pawr"ee euh, -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.
[1580-90; < L < Gk empórion market, emporium, equiv. to émporos merchant, orig. traveler, passenger (em- EM-2 + póros passage, voyage; cf. en póroi on a voyage, en route) + -ion n. suffix of place]
Syn. 1. market, marketplace, bazaar.

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