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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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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
G
Ends with
O
Contains
HE
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɡɛtəʊ

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

noun

  1. Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

    “The Warsaw ghetto”

noun

  1. Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

    “The relative security of the gay ghetto”

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Example Sentences

The Warsaw ghetto
The relative security of the gay ghetto
No escape from the ghetto of the typing pool

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