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   ghetto

   /ˈɡɛtəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups.
   • ▪ an isolated or segregated group or area of a particular kind: "a middle-class ghetto of prosperous professionals"
   • 2. the Jewish quarter in a city: historical "the Warsaw Ghetto"

   adjective

   • 1. resembling or characteristic of a ghetto or its inhabitants (especially with relation to African American culture): informal US "the crew includes Ice Cube, who provides tough talk and ghetto style"
   • ▪ makeshift, shoddy, or in poor condition: informal US "the place's starting to look ghetto with the seats all broken"

   verb

   • 1. put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.

   Word Origin early 17th century: perhaps from Italian getto ‘foundry’ (because the first ghetto was established in 1516 on the site of a foundry in Venice), or from Italian borghetto, diminutive of borgo ‘borough’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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