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ghetto

/ˈɡɛtəʊ/ /ˈɡɛtoʊ/

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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.)

Examples :

"During the medieval period, the Jewish ghetto in Florence was a small, walled-in area where many Jewish families lived. "

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noun

An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.

Examples :

"Many families who immigrated from Vietnam settled in the city's ghetto, where they could find familiar foods and speak their native language. "

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noun

An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

Examples :

"The new art program attracted students from a wide range of backgrounds, creating a vibrant ghetto of artistic expression within the school. "

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(sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.

Examples :

""The computer programming club at our school felt like a ghetto; only a few of us understood the complex code and it was hard to explain it to anyone else." "

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verb

To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.

Examples :

"The new zoning laws threatened to ghettoize low-income families by restricting affordable housing to one isolated area of the city. "

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adjective

Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.

Examples :

"The school's neighborhood was known for its ghetto conditions, with rundown buildings and limited resources. "

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adjective

Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.

Examples :

"The old apartment building had a ghetto feel, with peeling paint and broken windows. "

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adjective

Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.

Examples :

"The neighborhood's music, loud and repetitive, had a distinctly ghetto feel. "

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adjective

Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.

Examples :

"Growing up, his family faced many challenges due to their ghetto upbringing, but they persevered and eventually achieved success. "

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