Plural of emporium

Forms of emporium

Emporiums and emporia in a sentence

• Only where churchmen congregated or rulers established their emporia—licensed depots for the long-distance trade in luxuries—did any vestiges of urban life survive.2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400–2000, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2008...
• The following study investigates these questions from two perspectives: first, it considers faunal and botanical evidence from within the emporia themselves as indicators of agrarian production in their hinterlands.2007, Helena Hamerow, “Agrarian Production and the Emporia of Mid Saxon England, ca. AD 650–850”, in Joachim Henning, editor, The Heirs of...
• There are still some neighborhood dinettes that look like German-American Bund meeting halls, and cheeseries, donutteries, satisfy-it-quick emporiums.1974 February 10, Herbert Gold, “Mid-Day, Mid-Week, Mid-City”, in California Living (The San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle), page 11. From the entry donuttery
• First Investors, one of the junk bond emporia, managed two mutual funds: the High Yield and the Income Fund.1991 February, “[Inklings] Milker Milken”, in Wilmot Robertson [pseudonym; John Humphrey Ireland], editor, Instauration, volume 16, number…. From the entry hectomillion

Meaning of emporium

1. noun A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
2. noun A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.
3. noun A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).

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Questions about the plural of emporium

What is the plural of emporium?

The plural of emporium is emporiums or emporia.

Which is correct, emporiums or emporia?

Both are used. emporia is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is emporium countable?

Emporium is a countable noun.