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Ghetto
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ghetto
n.
highly populated area of a city inhabited mainly by people of the same ethnic or minority group; formerly a section within a city in which Jews were forced to live (especially during World War II)
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Ghetto
A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure. The term was originally used in Venice to describe the part of the city to which Jews were restricted and segregated.
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ghetto
Noun
1. formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"
(hypernym) quarter
(derivation) ghettoize, ghettoise
2. 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"
(hypernym) life
3. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
(hypernym) city district
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Ghetto (das)
n.
(new spell.=Getto) ghetto, highly populated area of a city inhabited mainly by people of the same ethnic or minority group; section within a city in which Jews were forced to live
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ghetto
nm.
ghetto, highly populated area of a city inhabited mainly by people of the same ethnic or minority group; formerly a section within a city in which Jews were forced to live (especially during World War II)
