What is the meaning of ghetto?

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noun

  • Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.
    • usage: "the Warsaw ghetto"
  • Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping.
    • usage: "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"
  • A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions. .
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