Emporium

Emporium

Emporium, griech., ein Stapelplatz, besonders Seehafen.


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  • emporium — em‧po‧ri‧um [ɪmˈpɔːriəm] noun emporia PLURALFORM [ riə] [countable] old fashioned a large shop: • Kennedy s Furniture Emporium * * * emporium UK US /ɪmˈpɔːriəm/ noun [C] (plural emporia, emporiums) …   Financial and business terms

  • Emporium — 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… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • 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) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emporium — 1580s, from L. emporium, from Gk. emporion trading place, market, from emporos merchant, traveler, from en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (2)) + poros passage, voyage, related to peirein to pass through (see PORT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • Emporĭum — (lat., v. gr. Emporion), 1) Handelsplatz; daher Empŏroi, Großhändler; Emporii ius, s. Stadteinlagerecht. 2) (Emporiae), in Rom Hafen u. Handelsplatz an dem Tibris, außerhalb an der Porta trigemina; 3) Pflanzstadt der Phokäer od. Massilier, im… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Emporĭum — (griech.), Stapel , Haupthandelsplatz …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Emporium — Emporĭum (grch.), Haupthandels , Hauptstapelplatz …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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