Ghetto

['getəʊ] or ['ɡɛto]

Definition

(noun.) a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.

(noun.) formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; 'the Warsaw ghetto'.

(noun.) any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; 'the relative security of the gay ghetto'; 'no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool'.

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Definition

(n.) The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.

Edited by Gertrude

Definition

n. the Jews' quarter in Italian cities to which they used to be strictly confined.

Checked by Gerald