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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
emporium
    n 1: a large retail store organized into departments offering a
         variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
         [syn: department store, emporium]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Emporium \Em*po"ri*um\, 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then
            a mean and ill-built market town.     --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

            It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our
            emporiums, our theathers.             --Knox.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Physiol.) The brain. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

3. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Emporium, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    2526
   Housing Units (2000): 1215
   Land area (2000):     0.730010 sq. miles (1.890716 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.730010 sq. miles (1.890716 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            23600
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             41.511288 N, 78.236418 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     15834
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Emporium, PA
    Emporium


Thesaurus Results for Emporium:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
auto show, bazaar, boat show, boutique, chain store, co-op, commercial complex, concession, cooperative, countinghouse, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, establishment, exposition, fair, five-and-ten, flea fair, flea market, general store, house, magasin, mail-order house, market, market overt, marketplace, mart, open market, plaza, post, retail store, rialto, salon, shop, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping plaza, show, staple, store, street market, supermarket, trade fair, trading post, variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house
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