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Meaning
Noun
●
An (often
walled
) area of a
city
in which Jews are
concentrated
by
force
and law. (Used
particularly
of areas in
medieval
Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
●
An (often
impoverished
) area of a
city
inhabited
predominantly
by members of a specific
nationality
,
ethnicity
, or race.
●
An area in which people who are
distinguished
by
sharing
something
other than
ethnicity
concentrate
or are
concentrate
d.
⚠️
An
isolated
,
self-contained
,
segregated
subsection
, area or
field
of interest
; often of
minority
or
specialist
interest.
Adj
●
Of or
relating
to a
ghetto
or to
ghettos
in general.
●
Unseemly and
indecorous
or of low quality;
cheap
;
shabby
, crude.
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In American English:
Characteristic of the
style
,
speech
, or
behavior
of
residents
of a
predominantly
black
or other
ghetto
in the United States.
●
Having been
raised
in a
ghetto
in the United States.
Verb
●
To
confine
(a
specified
group of people) to a ghetto.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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Rhymes
Ghetto
Stretto
Orvieto
Dolcetto
Zucchetto
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