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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Emporia, KS (city, FIPS 21275) Location: 38.41142 N, 96.19307 W Population (1990): 25512 (10732 housing units) Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66801 Emporia, VA (city, FIPS 595) Location: 36.69479 N, 77.53670 W Population (1990): 5306 (2178 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Emporia, VA (city, FIPS 25808) Location: 36.69479 N, 77.53670 W Population (1990): 5306 (2178 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23847
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