emporium /ɛmˈpɔːɹ.i.əm/ noun4 •A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.Venice a poore fishertowne, Paris, London, small Cottages, in Caesars time, now most noble Emporiums. — 1624 •A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.With a name like “The Wine and Spirits Emporium”, no wonder the prices are so high. •(historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term). •(no longer used) The brain. formsemporia · emporiums