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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 em·po·ri·um /ɪmˈporiəm, ɛm, ˈpɔr-/
 商場,大百貨商店

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Em·po·ri·um n.; pl. Emporiums L. Emporia
 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: WordNet (r) 2.0

 emporium
      n : a large retail store organized into departments offering a
          variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
          [syn: department store]
      [also: emporia (pl)]