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Ghettos - English meaning

Ghettos – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

noun

A poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups.

Usage examples:

As well as this lack of opportunity, there seems to be so much violence in the ghettos, in the slum…

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隔都

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Getto's, Getto, Ghetto, Jodenbuurt, Jodenkwartier

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Ghettos, Ghetto

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Ghettos, Ghetto

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बस्ती, यहूदी बस्ती, यहूदी महल्ला

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Ghetti, Ghetto

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빈민가, 빈민굴, 유태잉 거주 지구

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Гетто, Трущобы, Район трущоб

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Guetos, Ghetto, Gueto, Judería

Word origin

early 17th century: perhaps from Italian getto ‘foundry’ (because the first ghetto was established in 1516 on the site of a foundry in Venice), or from Italian borghetto, diminutive of borgo

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