Ghetto (Noun)
Meaning 1
A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Meaning 2
Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 3
Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.