GHETTOES

GHETTO

ghetto

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

ghetto

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

ghetto

(noun) any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; “the relative security of the gay ghetto”; “no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

ghettoes

plural of ghetto

Verb

ghettoes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghetto

Source: Wiktionary


GHETTO

Ghet"to, n. Etym: [It.]

Definition: The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.

GHETTO

Ghet"to, n. Etym: [It.]

Definition: The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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