Bazaar

/bəˈzɐː/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
  2. 2
    a sale of miscellany; often for charity wordnet
  3. 3
    A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
  4. 4
    a shop where a variety of goods are sold wordnet
  5. 5
    A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

    "...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced the intention of Lady Anne Granard, with her beautiful daughters, to preside at one of the stalls, at a grand fancy bazaar, in Kemp Town, which was expected to be the gayest scene and the most splendid assemblage of royalty and nobility ever beheld in Brighton."

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  1. 6
    a street of small shops (especially in Orient) wordnet

Example

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"The bazaar ended a great success."

Etymology

From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).

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