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ghetto
noun
a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
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ˈɡɛtəʊ
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noun
a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
noun
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
“the Warsaw ghetto”
noun
any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
“the relative security of the gay ghetto”
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the Warsaw ghetto
the relative security of the gay ghetto
no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool