emporium
noun
em·po·ri·um
im-ˈpȯr-ē-əm 
em-
plural emporiums also emporia
im-ˈpȯr-ē-ə
em-
1
a
: a place of trade
especially
: a commercial center
b
: a retail outlet
a hardware emporium
a pizza emporium
2
: a store carrying many different kinds of merchandise
Examples of emporium in a Sentence
an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want
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Leslie Patrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024
The brass ring for Too Good to Go’s users in New York City is Eataly, an emporium of Italian restaurants and marketplace venders with two locations on the app.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
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emporium
noun
em·po·ri·um
im-ˈpōr-ē-əm
em-,
-ˈpȯr-
plural emporiums also emporia
-ē-ə
1
a
b
: a center of business activity
2
: a store carrying a wide variety of merchandise
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