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Emporium n. - a bazaar or shop

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Definitions for Emporium:

  1. A place where various goods are bought and sold; a marketplace.
  2. A large retail store or place of business: a furniture emporium.
  3. A bazaar or shop.

Origin: 1586, from L. emporium, from Gk. emporion, from emporos “merchant, traveler,” from en- “in” + poros “passage, voyage,” ult. from peirein “to pass through.”

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em·po·ri·um n.
A place where various goods are bought and sold; a marketplace;
a large retail store;
a place of business: a furniture emporium;
a bazaar or shop.

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Vir·tu·al adj. - Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name:
thus Virtual Emporium;
Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination;
Computer Science. Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network.



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