| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| emporium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | em·po·ri·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-pôr  - m, -p r- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. em·po·ri·ums or em·po·ri·a (-pôr-, -pr-)
1. A place where various goods are bought and sold; a marketplace. 2. A large retail store or place of business: a furniture emporium. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, from Greek emporion, from emporos, traveler, merchant : en-, in; see en–2 + poros, journey; see per-2 in Appendix I.
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