EMPORIUM

Etymology

Noun

emporium (plural emporiums or emporia)

(also, figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.

(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.

(historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).

(by extension, obsolete) The brain.

Anagrams

• pomerium, proemium

Proper noun

Emporium

A county seat borough, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Anagrams

• pomerium, proemium

Source: Wiktionary

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Em*po"ri*um, n.; pl. Emporiums, L. Emporia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Empiric, Fare.]

1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: The brain. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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