ghetto

  • 41ghetto — ghet|to [ getou ] noun count 1. ) an area in a city where people of a particular type live, usually in poor conditions: an inner city ghetto 2. ) a part of a European town or city where Jewish people were forced to live in the past …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 42ghetto — [17] English acquired ghetto from Italian, but its precise history is uncertain. Among the suggestions are that it represents Italian getto ‘foundry’, from a Jewish enclave in Venice established on the site of a medieval foundry in 1516; that it… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43ghetto — ⊕ gheto, ghetto → gueto …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • 44ghetto — Da qualche anno il significato di questo termine, che designava il quartiere ove in molte città d Europa erano obbligati per legge ad abitare gli Ebrei (il primo ghetto fu istituito a Venezia nel secolo XVI), si è esteso a indicare quei quartieri …

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  • 45ghetto — adv Very. The party last night was ghetto fabulous. 1990s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 46ghetto — 1. Cheap, bad, inferior, half assed. 2. An imitation. That was a wicked ghetto parking job, but we ll only be here for a few minutes …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 47ghetto — 1. Cheap, bad, inferior, half assed. 2. An imitation. That was a wicked ghetto parking job, but we ll only be here for a few minutes …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 48ghetto —    (GEH toh) [Italian: foundry] Originally the name of an island (now an integrated part of Venice) where Jews were forced to live in the early 1500s; by extension, an area of any city to which Jews were restricted. Now, any section of a city… …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 49ghetto — [ gɛtəʊ] noun (plural ghettos or ghettoes) 1》 a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group. 2》 historical the Jewish quarter in a city. Derivatives ghettoization or ghettoisation noun ghettoize or …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50ghetto — noun plural ghettos or ghettoes (C) 1 a part of a city where people of a particular race or class live separately from the main population, usually in bad conditions 2 a part of a city where Jews were forced to live in former times: She was born… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English