Meaning of GHETTO
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[n] the quarter of many European cities in which Jews are required to live |
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GHETTO is a 6 letter word that starts with G. |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ghet"to\, n. [It.]
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. --Evelyn.
\Ghet"to\, n.
A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
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| | Related Terms: | | barrio, black ghetto, blighted area, Bowery, business district, central city, Chinatown, city center, core, downtown, East End, East Side, greenbelt, inner city, Little Hungary, Little Italy, midtown, outskirts, red-light district, residential district, run-down neighborhood, shopping center, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, uptown, urban blight, West End, West Side |
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