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Noun
Definition: formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"
Definition: 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"
Definition: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
Definition: An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
Verb
Definition: To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.
Adjective
Definition: Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.