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