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ghetto

/ˈɡɛ.toʊ/noun2 syllables

Ghetto means: formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.

Synonyms for ghetto10

also used for ghetto

barrio, bad part of town, estate, favela, Hell's Kitchen, jects, projects, scheme, shantytown, ivory tower

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What does ghetto mean?3

noun

1

formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live“the Warsaw ghetto”

2

any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping“the relative security of the gay ghetto”

3

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Ghetto in a sentence

  • The ghetto in this town is dangerous at night.orcrist
  • The university is located a few blocks from the edge of the ghetto.orcrist
  • The polyglot ghetto folks do not understand their own religion.nonong
  • The whole polyglot ghetto watched a marionette show in the square.nonong
  • The military have initiated an invasion of the ghetto to retrieve the weapon.Amastan
  • You live in the ghetto of this world.nonong
  • The orcs live in a ghetto in this city.rul
  • The orcs live in a ghetto on the northeast side of the city.rul

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Forms of ghetto

as a noun

plural
ghettos