Look up: Ghetto

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   Ghetto
   A ghetto was a part of a city in which Jews were compelled to live, shut off from the rest of the city and forced to pay a tax for the dubious privilege of living there.
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   ghetto
   [n] - the quarter of many European cities in which Jews are required to live
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   Ghetto
   Ghet'to noun [ Italian ] The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. « I went to the Ghetto , where the Jews dwell.» Evelyn.
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   Ghetto
   Ghet'to noun A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
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   ghetto
   1. The Jews' quarter in an Italian town or city. 'I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell.' (Evelyn) ... 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. ... 3. (fig) any isolated group of people. ... 4. (fig) ...
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   ghetto
   noun formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; `the Warsaw ghetto`
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   Ghetto
   A `ghetto` is a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure. The word was originally used to refer to the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy, where Jews were required to live. The corresponding German term was `Judengasse`. In Moroccan Arabic, ghettos were called `mellah`. The term came into widespread use during World War II to refer to Nazi ghettos. The term `Ghetto` is ...
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   Ghetto
   • (n.) The Jews`quarter in an Italian town or city. • (n.) A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
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   Ghetto
   (from the article `Venice`) ...with life centred on the square, or campo (site of the community well), and its parish church. Perhaps the most clearly recognizable such area ...
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    ghetto
    formerly a street, or quarter, of a city set apart as a legally enforced residence area for Jews. One of the earliest forced segregations of Jews ... [3 related articles]
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    ghetto
    ghetto (get'ō) , originally, a section of a city in which Jews lived; it has come to mean a section of a city where members of any racial group are segregated. In the early Middle Ages the segregation of Jews in separate streets or localities was voluntary. The first compulsory ghettos wer...
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