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ghetto (iou)



ghetto noun & verb. E17.
[from Italian: perh. abbreviation of borghetto dim. of borgo BOROUGH, or from getto foundry, where the first ghetto established in Venice, in 1516, was sited.]
A. noun. Pl. -o(e)s.
Hist. The quarter in a city, chiefly in Italy, to which Jews were restricted. E17.
A densely populated slum area occupied by a minority group or groups, usu. as a result of social or economic pressures; an isolated or segregated social group or area. L19.
M. L. King In the ghettos of Chicago..the problems of poverty and despair are graphically illustrated. Nursery World Our negotiators are pushing..to break up the traditional 'women's work' ghettos.
Comb.: ghetto blaster colloq. a large and powerful stereo radio-cassette player.
b. verb trans. Put or keep (people) in a ghetto. M20.
fig.: Listener The narrow financial aspects ghettoed conveniently towards the back of newspapers or on late-night programmes.
ghettoize verb trans. = GHETTO verb M20.
ghettoi'zation noun the action of ghettoing; the state of being in a ghetto: M20.