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Definition of Ghetto

1. Noun. Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live. "The Warsaw ghetto"

2. Noun. Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping. "No escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"

3. Noun. A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.

Definition of Ghetto

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

2. n. A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.

Definition of Ghetto

1. to isolate in a slum [v -ED, -ING, -S or -ES]

Medical Definition of Ghetto

1. 1. The Jews' quarter in an Italian town or city. "I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell." (Evelyn) 2. By extension, any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. 3. (fig) any isolated group of people. 4. (fig) any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. Origin: It. (13 Jul 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghetto

Ghent gherao gheraoed gheraoes gheraoing gheraos gherkin gherkin gherkins ghesse

ghessed ghesses ghessing ghest ghetto (current term) ghetto (current term) ghettoed ghettoes ghettoing ghettoise

ghettoization ghettoizations ghettoize ghettoized ghettoizes ghettoizing ghettos ghetto blaster ghi ghibli

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