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- DictionaryGhet·to/ˈɡedō/
noun
- 1. a poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups.
- 2. the Jewish quarter in a city: historical "the Warsaw Ghetto"
adjective
- 1. resembling or characteristic of a ghetto or its inhabitants (especially with relation to African American culture): informal US "the crew includes Ice Cube, who provides tough talk and ghetto style"
verb
- 1. put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.
noun. ghet· to ˈge- (ˌ)tō. plural ghettos also ghettoes. Synonyms of ghetto. 1. : a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live. 2. : a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure. 3. a. : an isolated group. a geriatric ghetto. b.
Ghetto definition: a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social pressures or economic hardships.. See examples of GHETTO used in a sentence.
A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished than other areas of the city.
an area of a city, especially a very poor area, where people of a particular race or religion live closely together and apart from other people: As a child she lived in one of New York's poorest ghettos. to live in ghetto conditions. in the past, an area of a city where Jews were made to live.
Ghetto, formerly a street, or quarter, of a city set apart as a legally enforced residence area for Jews. More recently, the term ghetto has come to apply to any urban area exclusively settled by a minority group, such as African Americans or one of various immigrant populations in the United States.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 24, 2019 · The linkage between Jews and “ghetto” began in the early 16th century. Here's how the word came to signify racial segregation in America.
ghetto. noun. /ˈɡetəʊ/. /ˈɡetəʊ/. (plural ghettos, ghettoes) (often disapproving) a poor area of a city where a particular group of people live isolated from the rest of the population, for example people of the same ethnic group or background. a poor kid who grew up in the ghetto.
