Visual meaning of 'ghettos'? - learn with images, example in daily life

Visual illustration of ghettos: 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.)

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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.)

"During World War II, the Nazis forced Jewish families to live in walled ghettos before deporting them to concentration camps. "

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

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

"Many immigrant families first lived in the city's ghettos, where rent was cheap and they could find community with others who shared their language and culture. "

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Visual illustration of ghettos: An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

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

"During finals week, the library transformed into temporary ghettos of stressed-out students, each dedicated to their specific subject, like history or chemistry. "

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

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

""The school's music program, sadly underfunded and lacking resources, had become one of the academic ghettos, separated from the main focus on math and science." "

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