Meaning

noun formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

noun any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

noun a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

originBorrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and original source language is uncertain. Compare Italian ghetto.

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