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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.
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 means a crowded poor part of a city lived in by a specific ethnic group. The word is powerful, often associated with a rich cultural heritage or a sense of shame and a desire to escape.
Of, or regarded as characteristic of, impoverished, esp. black, inner-city life, culture, or attitudes. Webster's New World. Other Word Forms of Ghetto. Noun. Singular: ghetto. Plural: ghetti, ghettoes, ghettos. Origin of Ghetto. Italian after Ghetto , island near Venice where Jews were made to live in the 16th century.
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.
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.
ghetto. an area of a city where many people of the same race or background live, separately from the rest of the population. Ghettos are often crowded, with bad living conditions a poor kid growing up in the ghetto Niagara Falls has become something of a tourist ghetto.
ghetto. ( ˈɡɛtəʊ) n, pl -tos or -toes. 1. (Sociology) sociol a densely populated slum area of a city inhabited by a socially and economically deprived minority. 2. (Sociology) an area in a European city in which Jews were formerly required to live. 3. (Sociology) a group or class of people that is segregated in some way.
