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Meaning of 'ghetto' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ghetto [ n.]
- The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.

Meaning of 'ghetto' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ghetto [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
Example in sentence:
  • no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool;
  • the relative security of the gay ghetto
Meaning (2):
- formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
Example in sentence:
  • the Warsaw ghetto

Nearby Words:

gheber ghebre ghee gherkin ghess

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