Meaning & use
Emporium
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A large retail store, especially one selling a wide variety of goods.
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The old emporium downtown sells everything from hardware to antique furniture.
Tourists flocked to the spice emporium in the old quarter.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Latin and ultimately Greek "emporion," meaning "trading place," the word carries a slightly old-fashioned, grand connotation.
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