ghetto

  1. Noun.  The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.
  2. Noun.  A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated, usually voluntarily.
  3. Noun.  An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by members of one ethnic or religious group.
  4. Adjective.  of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
  5. Adjective.  (slang) (informal) of low quality; cheap; shabby.

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