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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ghet•to /ˈgɛtoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tos, -toes. - World Historya section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, in which mostly members of a minority group live.
- World History(formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live:the Warsaw ghetto.
- an isolated or limiting environment in which a group has been put or has chosen to put itself:a luxurious suburban ghetto for millionaires.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ghet•to (get′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, -toes. - World Historya section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
- World History(formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.
- World Historya section predominantly inhabited by Jews.
- any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment:job ghettos for women; ghettos for the elderly.
- Vulgar Latin *jectāre; see jet1
- Venetian, literally, foundry for artillery (giving the island its name), noun, nominal derivative of ghettare to throw
- Italian, origin, originally the name of an island near Venice where Jews were forced to reside in the 16th century
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ghetto /ˈɡɛtəʊ/ n ( pl -tos, -toes)- a densely populated slum area of a city inhabited by a socially and economically deprived minority
- an area in a European city in which Jews were formerly required to live
- a group or class of people that is segregated in some way
Etymology: 17th Century: 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 |