ghettoes (0 synonym found)

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Definition of ghettoes:

(n) : An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
(n) : An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
(adj) : Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
(n) : An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
(adj) : (slang, informal) Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.
(adj) : (US, informal, often derogatory or offensive) Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.

Definition of ghettoes:

(n) : An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
(n) : An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
(adj) : Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
(n) : An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
(adj) : (slang, informal) Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.
(adj) : (US, informal, often derogatory or offensive) Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.

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