ghetto

ghet·to  (gt)

n. pl. ghet·tos or ghet·toes

1. A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background, often because of discrimination.

2. An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted beginning in the Middle Ages.

3. Something that resembles the restriction or isolation of a city ghetto: "trapped in ethnic or pink-collar managerial job ghettoes" (Diane Weathers).

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[Italian, after Ghetto, island near Venice where Jews were made to live in the 16th century.]

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ghetto

Noun

pl -tos or -toes an area that is inhabited by people of a particular race, religion, nationality, or class [Italian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ghetto - formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto" quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
	2.	ghetto - 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" life - a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"
	3.	ghetto - a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions city district - a district of a town or city

Translations

ghetto [ˈgɛtəu] n → gueto

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ghetto [ˈgɛtəu] n → ghetto m

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ghetto [ˈgɛtəu] n → G(h)etto nt

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ghetto

n ghetto [ˈgetəu]

a (poor) part of a city etc in which a certain group of people (especially immigrants) lives Large cities like New York have many ghettoes. ghetto جيتو гето ghetto ghetto das Ghetto γκέτο gueto geto محل سکونت اقلیت ها getto ghetto גטו अल्पसंख्यकों की अविकसित जगह geto gettó permukiman golongan minoritas (gyðinga)hverfi; fátækrahverfi ghetto 少数民族居住区 소수민족의 빈민가 getas geto; (pilsētas) graustu rajons kawasan perumahan sesak getto getto getto bairro da lata ghe­tou гетто geto geto geto getto สลัม mahalle, varoş 城市中的貧民區 гетто شہر کا پس ماندہ علاقہ khu nhà ổ chuột 城市中的贫民区，犹太人区，少数民族聚居

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