ショッピングモール

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

A large commercial facility containing many shops, often with restaurants, cinemas, or other services. Common everyday katakana noun.

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A new shopping mall opened in front of the station.

ショッピングモール
Standard katakana spelling without a middle dot; marked as high priority.
ショッピング・モール
- しょっぴんぐもーる
  Variant spelling with a middle dot separating the two loanword elements.
- ショッピング・モール

ショッピングセンター
Very close in meaning; ショッピングセンター can sound a little broader or administrative, while ショッピングモール often suggests a mall-like complex with many stores.
デパート
A department store: usually one large store with many departments, not a collection of separate shops like a ショッピングモール.
商しょう店てん街がい
A shopping street or traditional shopping district, typically made up of independent stores along a street rather than inside one mall building.

Katakana term corresponding to English “shopping mall”; no language of origin is specified.