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ghetto
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ghetto \Ghet"to\, n. [It.]
A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. --Evelyn.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. By extension: 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.
[PJC]
3. [fig.] Any isolated group of people.
[PJC]
4. [fig.] Any group isolated by external pressures, with an
implication of inferiority.
[PJC]
