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ghet·to G0112000 (gĕt′ō)n. pl. ghet·tos or ghet·toes 1. A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background, often because of discrimination.2. An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted beginning in the Middle Ages.3. Something that resembles the restriction or isolation of a city ghetto: "trapped in ethnic or pink-collar managerial job ghettoes" (Diane Weathers).adj. Slang In a manner typical or stereotypical of an impoverished urban area, as in being makeshift, garish, or crass: "I pick up the pair of very big, very ghetto, door-knocker bamboo earrings" (Meesha Mink and De'nesha Diamond)."Isn't chewing gum when accepting an award very ghetto?" (Vibe).
[Italian, after Ghetto, island near Venice where Jews were made to live in the 16th century.]ghetto (ˈɡɛtəʊ) n, pl -tos or -toes1. (Sociology) sociol a densely populated slum area of a city inhabited by a socially and economically deprived minority2. (Sociology) an area in a European city in which Jews were formerly required to live3. (Sociology) a group or class of people that is segregated in some way[C17: from Italian, perhaps shortened from borghetto, diminutive of borgo settlement outside a walled city; or from the Venetian ghetto the medieval iron-founding district, largely inhabited by Jews]ghet•to (ˈgɛt oʊ)
n., pl. -tos, -toes. 1. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of a minority group. 2. (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live. 3. an environment to which a group has been relegated, as because of bias, or in which a group has segregated itself for various reasons: female job ghettos; a suburban ghetto for millionaires. [1605–15; < Italian, orig. the name of an island near Venice where Jews were forced to reside in the 16th century < Venetian, literally, foundry (giving the island its name), n. derivative of ghettare to cast; see jet1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  ghetto - formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" | | 2. | ghetto - any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"life - a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" | | 3. | ghetto - a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictionscity district - a district of a town or city |
Translationsghetto (ˈgetəu) – plural ˈghetto(e)s – noun a (poor) part of a city etc in which a certain group of people (especially immigrants) lives. Large cities like New York have many ghettoes. 城市中(尤指移民住的)貧民區 城市中（尤指移民住的）的贫民区，少数民族聚居的地方 ghetto
ghetto birdA police helicopter, especially one that monitors or patrols through particularly impoverished areas of a city. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I didn't sleep at all because of that damn ghetto bird hovering over our neighborhood all night long!See also: bird, ghettoghetto blasterslang A boombox; a large portable radio. Back in the 80s, the embodiment of the New York hip hop scene was the image of someone walking down the street with a ghetto blaster on their shoulder.See also: blaster, ghettoghetto bootyslang A large, shapely buttocks, typically of a black woman. Potentially offensive. Skinny girls are OK, but I really love a chick with a ghetto booty.See also: booty, ghettoghetto boxslang A boombox; a large portable radio. Back in the 80s, the embodiment of the New York hip hop scene was the image of someone walking down the street with a ghetto box on their shoulder.See also: box, ghettoghetto sledslang A car that is in poor condition, typically an old one. You won't be able to drive that old ghetto sled forever, you know.See also: ghetto, sledghetto mod. super; cool. (Streets.) He called the iced out pimp 100 percent ghetto. ghetto bird1. n. someone who hangs around the [black] neighborhood. Sam is just a ghetto bird who has lots of skills but no job. 2. n. a police helicopter. I see the light. Some ghetto bird is headed this way. See also: bird, ghetto(ghetto) blaster and (ghetto) box (ˈgɛdo blæstɚ and ˈgɛdo bɑks) n. a huge portable stereo, often carried on the shoulder. (Associated with blacks.) Hey, turn down that ghetto blaster in here! See also: blaster, ghettoghetto box verbSee ghetto blasterSee also: box, ghettoghetto booty n. big buttocks on a black woman. Look at that ghetto booty on that mama. See also: booty, ghettoghetto sled n. a junky car. He stood in front of some old ghetto sled, and said “Kizzle?” See also: ghetto, sledghetto
ghetto (gĕt`ō), originally, a section of a city in which Jews lived; it has come to mean a section of a city where members of any racial group are segregated. In the early Middle Ages the segregation of Jews in separate streets or localities was voluntary. The first compulsory ghettos were in Spain and Portugal at the end of the 14th cent. The ghetto was typically walled, with gates that were closed at a certain hour each night, and all Jews had to be inside the gate at that hour or suffer penalties. The reason generally given for compulsory ghettos was that the faith of Christians would be weakened by the presence of Jews; the idea of Jewish segregation dates from the Lateran Councils of 1179 and 1215. Within the ghetto the inhabitants usually had autonomy, with their own courts of law, their own culture, and their own charitable, recreational, educational, and religious institutions. Economic activities, however, were restricted, and beyond the ghetto walls Jews were required to wear badges of identification. One of the most infamous ghettos was that of Frankfurt, to which Jews were compelled to move by a city ordinance of 1460. Crowded into a narrow section, the ghetto underwent several disastrous fires. The ghetto in Venice was established in 1516 after long negotiations between the city and the Jews. In 1870 the last ghetto in Western Europe, in Rome, was abolished. In Russia the Jewish PalePale.
1 In Irish and English history, that district of indefinite and varying limits around Dublin, in which English law prevailed. The term was first used in the 14th cent. to designate what had previously been called English land.
..... Click the link for more information. continued to exist until 1917. After the 18th cent. ghettos were also to be found in some Muslim countries. During World War II the Nazis set up ghettos in many towns in E Europe from which Jews were transported to concentration campsconcentration camp,
a detention site outside the normal prison system created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians.
..... Click the link for more information. for liquidation; the WarsawWarsaw
, Pol. Warszawa, city (1993 est. pop. 1,655,700), capital of Poland and of Mazowieckie prov., central Poland, on both banks of the Vistula River. It is a political, cultural, and industrial center, a major transportation hub, and one of Europe's great historic
..... Click the link for more information. (Poland) ghetto was a prime example. In the United States, African Americans, Chicanos, and immigrant groups have been forced to live in ghettos through economic and social forces rather than being required to do so by law. See also anti-Semitismanti-Semitism
, form of prejudice against Jews, ranging from antipathy to violent hatred. Before the 19th cent., anti-Semitism was largely religious and was expressed in the later Middle Ages by sporadic persecutions and expulsions—notably the expulsion from Spain under
..... Click the link for more information. .ghetto a segregated area of a city characterized by common ethnic and cultural charac teristics. The term originated in the Middle Ages in Europe as the name for areas of cities in which Jews were constrained to live. The term was adopted more generally in sociology by the CHICAGO SCHOOL, and particularly by Wirth (The Ghetto, 1928). Ghetto has now taken on a meaning which implies not only homogeneity of ethnic and cultural population, but also the concentration of socially-disadvantaged and minority groups in the most impoverished inner city areas. The term is often used in emotive, racist and imprecise ways.Ghetto (religion, spiritualism, and occult)Beginning with the Egyptian bondage and continuing through the Assyrian deportation, the Babylonian captivity, and the great Diaspora, Jewish people have found themselves living among Gentiles of many nationalities (see Judaism, Development of). Originating from the Latin word for "nations," "Gentile" simply means any nonJewish person. Frequently, especially in Europe beginning in the Middle Ages, Gentiles established Jewish-only quarters of the city called ghettos. This was not a new concept. Way back in the time of the Exodus, Jewish people were confined to the "land of Goshen" while building bricks for the Egyptians. Although the term is now used in a more generic sense, it often was the custom to wall in the Jewish ghetto at night and to completely lock it off during Christian Holy Days to prevent mixing between Christians and Jews. Even under these harsh and demeaning circumstances, Jewish leaders attempted to run their communities according to Talmudic law, providing for the especially poor and fostering Jewish study and scholarship. Among the most notorious ghettos were those established by the Nazis during World War II. One such ghetto was established in 1940, when the Nazis ordered all the Jews in Warsaw, Poland, to gather in a certain part of the city, then erected a tenfoot wall to seal off the area. An article published by the Public Broadcasting System describes the conditions: More than 400,000 Jews lived there, near starvation; 10 percent of the population died from disease by the end of the first year. Deportations of "non-productive" inhabitants began in 1942, and 300,000 Jews were deported that year, most of them to Treblinka death camp. In April of 1943, when the Nazis moved to liquidate the ghetto, the remaining inhabitants began their desperate, and hopeless, resistance. Shortly before his death in battle, resistance leader Mordecai Anielewicz wrote, "My life's dream has been realized. I have lived to see Jewish defense in the ghetto rally its greatness and glory." Ghetto a part of the city set aside as a residential area for Jews. The designation “ghetto” appeared in the 16th century (apparently from Italian ghetta—the cannon workshop around which the Jewish quarter of Venice, set up in 1516, was situated). However, ghettos existed in many medieval European cities prior to that date (the best-known ghettos were in Frankfurt am Main, Prague, Venice, and Rome). The settling of Jews in ghettos originally was in keeping with the corporate order characteristic of the Middle Ages, when every professional or religious group lived in isolation, but in the 14th and 15th centuries it became compulsory. Residents of the ghetto were forbidden to leave it at night (the ghetto gates were locked for the night). Life within the ghetto was regulated by the wealthy upper-class members of the Jewish community and by the rabbinate. A legacy of the Middle Ages, the ghettos disappeared in the first half of the 19th century (the Roman ghetto was permanently abolished only in 1870). There were no ghettos in tsarist Russia. Only in a few cities annexed to its territory when Poland was partitioned (late 18th century) was there a restriction on the right of Jews to live outside streets assigned to them; this restriction was ended in 1862. During World War II (1939-45), in a number of Eastern European cities under fascist German occupation, the Nazis created ghettos that were essentially huge concentration camps in which the Jewish population was destroyed. The armed uprisings of the prisoners of the Warsaw ghetto in 1943 and the Białystok ghetto in August 1943 were part of the national liberation struggle of Poland’s antifascist forces. The term “ghetto” is sometimes used to designate a section of the city inhabited by national minorities that are subject to discrimination (for example, Harlem, “Negro ghetto” in New York). S. IA. BOROVOI ghetto
ghettoA term with its origins in eastern Europe, used to designate the part of town occupied by Jewish citizens. Now the term ghetto is used to describe any urban area suffering significant deterioration, often predominated by one or a very few ethnic or racial groups. Disputes often arise regarding whether lenders, insurers, and other service providers are engaged in illegal discrimination when they redline these neighborhoods, or whether they are assessing risks based on the quality of the infrastructure and not on any judgments regarding the inhabitants.GHETTO
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Words related to ghettonoun formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to liveRelated Wordsnoun any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotypingRelated Wordsnoun a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictionsRelated Words |