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ghettos

/ˈɡɛtoʊz/

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noun

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.)

Examples :

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

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les nazis ont forcé les familles juives à vivre dans des ghettos murés avant de les déporter dans des camps de concentration.

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Ghettos, quartiers défavorisés

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

Examples :

"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. "

De nombreuses familles d'immigrants ont d'abord vécu dans les ghettos de la ville, où le loyer était bon marché et où elles pouvaient trouver une communauté avec d'autres qui partageaient leur langue et leur culture.

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Zones où se concentrent des personnes qui se distinguent par autre chose que leur appartenance ethnique

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

Examples :

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

Pendant la semaine des examens, la bibliothèque s'est transformée en des zones temporaires d'étudiants stressés, chacun se consacrant à sa matière spécifique, comme l'histoire ou la chimie.

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Ghettos, quartiers défavorisés

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

Examples :

""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." "

Le programme de musique de l'école, malheureusement sous-financé et manquant de ressources, était devenu l'un des ghettos académiques, séparé de l'objectif principal en mathématiques et en sciences.

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