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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Ghetto

/gĕt'-ō/ · Ghet·to · IPA /ˈɡɛ.toʊ/
01 n. A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
  1. 1.
    A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
    “I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell.” Evelyn.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    Any isolated group of people.[fig.]
  4. 4.
    Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority.[fig.]