ghetto (Meaning)

Wordnet

ghetto (n)

formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

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

Webster

ghetto (n.)

The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.

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

FAQs About the word ghetto

formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live, any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or

neighborhood, district,barrio, hood, section, enclave, quarter, part, department,'hood

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The dilapidated ghetto housed a community ravaged by poverty and inequality.

The once-bustling neighborhood had become a ghetto, with abandoned buildings and crumbling infrastructure.

The ghetto was a breeding ground for crime and despair, trapping its residents in a vicious cycle.

The government promised to revitalize the ghetto, but its efforts were met with skepticism from the community.