emporium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emporium	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for emporium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emporium n a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain Synonym(s): department store, emporium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emporium \Empo"rium\, n.; pl. {Emporiums}, L. {Emporia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] belonging to commerce, fr. [?] traveler, trader; [?] in + [?] way through and over, path. See {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.) The brain. [Obs.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Emporium, PA (borough, FIPS 23600) Location: 41.51087 N, 78.23712 W Population (1990): 2513 (1220 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15834