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ghettoghet‧to /ˈɡetəʊ $ -toʊ/ ●○○ noun (plural ghettos or ghettoes) [countable]   ghettoOrigin: 1600-1700 Italian perhaps from getto ‘place where metals are melted and made into things’; because a 16th-century ghetto in Venice was where such a place had once existed - a novel about life in the ghettos of New York
- His office marked the edge of the executive ghetto.
- Ottovina lived on the South Side, in the Italian ghetto, and barely spoke any English at all.
- Rap music began in the ghettos of New York and Washington.
- the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw
- Bobby, gay and slender and handsome, has always lived in the ghetto.
- Burnt-out old hacks explained a sudden new lease of life, promising their days in the public-relations ghetto were over.
- I once lived for three months in a North Philadelphia ghetto.
- In Sanchersville, she opened a storefront law office perforating the heart of the ghetto.
- Not only are the men dependent on welfare, but many of the scars from ghetto crime stem directly from that dependency.
- The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto.
► area a part of a town or country, or of the world: · They live in a very wealthy area.· coastal areas ► region a large area of a country or the world: · the northwest region of Russia· desert regions ► zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way: · a war zone· a no-parking zone· We crossed two different time zones (=areas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.) ► district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens: · the Chelsea district of Manhattanthe business/financial/theatre etc district: · the financial district of London ► neighbourhood, neighborhood British English American English an area of a town where people live: · a friendly neighbourhood· There are lots of trees in our neighborhood. ► suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live: · a suburb of Boston ► quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live: · the French quarter of New Orleans ► slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live: · He grew up in the slums of East London. ► ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live: · a black baby born in the ghetto an area where poor people live► inner city the part near the middle of a city where the buildings are in bad condition and where a lot of poor people live: · the problems of Britain's inner cities ► slum an area of a city where the houses are in very bad condition and the people are very poor and live in dirty, crowded, and unhealthy conditions: · Maria lives with her eight children in a slum outside Montevideo.the slums: · I grew up in the East London slums. ► ghetto a poor and crowded part of a city, where people live separately from the rest of the population, especially people of one race or from one country. Inner city is now more common than ghetto: · a novel about life in the ghettos of New York· Ottovina lived on the South Side, in the Italian ghetto, and barely spoke any English at all. ► Race Relationsethnocentric, adjectiveghetto, nounghettoize, verbKKK, klansman, nounKu Klux Klan, the, minority, nounmiscegenation, nounmulticultural, adjectivemulticulturalism, nounmultiracial, adjectiveNAACP, segregation, nounUncle Tom, nounwhite supremacist, noun ADJECTIVE► black· Angleside is the black ghetto of Rummidge, where youth unemployment is eighty percent and rioting endemic.· If the limousine went east, to Lake Shore Drive, it would go through part of the black ghetto. NOUN► blaster· We all lined up as Dave Misson placed a ghetto blaster on the grass. 1a part of a city where people of a particular race or class, especially people who are poor, live separately from the rest of the people in the city. This word is sometimes considered offensive. → slum:  unemployment in the ghetto► see thesaurus at area2a part of a city where Jews were forced to live in the past: the Warsaw ghetto |