bazaar
Americannoun
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(esp in the Orient) a market area, esp a street of small stalls
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a sale in aid of charity, esp of miscellaneous secondhand or handmade articles
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a shop where a large variety of goods is sold
Etymology
Origin of bazaar
1590–1600; earlier bazarro < Italian ≪ Persian bāzār market
Example Sentences
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The rapid fall in the value of the rial sparked the protests in Tehran's bazaar in late December, which soon spread across the country.
From BBC
Like most Indians, she has only ever hunted for white label bargains in street-side bazaars all her life.
From BBC
Shopkeepers in the Tehran bazaar closed their stores and poured into the streets to protest the economic crisis, setting off similar demonstrations across the country.
The novel emerged as he began writing about the objects he had saved, everything from family keepsakes to trinkets picked up at the bazaars, which gradually brought his characters to life.
From Barron's
The demonstrations in Iran took on a different tenor, initially spearheaded by conservative bazaar workers disgruntled at the collapse in Iran’s currency.
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