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Ghetto : (noun)
1: formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in
which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"
2: 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"
3: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a
minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship
and social restrictions
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ghetto : \Ghet"to\, n.
A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ghetto : \Ghet"to\, n. [It.]
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. --Evelyn.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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