'Ghetto' definitions:
Definition of 'ghetto'
(from WordNet)
noun
Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"
noun
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"
noun
A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
Definition of 'Ghetto'
From: GCIDE
- Ghetto \Ghet"to\, n. [It.] A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. --Evelyn. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. By extension: Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low-income African-Americans. [PJC]
- 3. [fig.] Any isolated group of people. [PJC]
- 4. [fig.] Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'ghetto'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barrio,
- black ghetto,
- blighted area,
- Bowery,
- business district,
- central city,
- Chinatown,
- city center,
- core,
- downtown,
- East End,
- East Side,
- greenbelt,
- inner city,
- Little Hungary,
- Little Italy,
- midtown,
- outskirts,
- red-light district,
- residential district,
- run-down neighborhood,
- shopping center,
- skid road,
- skid row,
- slum,
- slums,
- suburbia,
- suburbs,
- tenderloin,
- tenement district,
- uptown,
- urban blight,
- West End,
- West Side