Definizione monolingua

ghetto

ghetto (plural ghettos or ghettoes)

1. The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.

   The Jews of Venice were confined to the ghèto, in what is now the Arsenale district

2. A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated, usually voluntarily.

   The Castro district of San Francisco is a gay ghetto.

   Beverley Hills is the ghetto of L.A.s glitterati.

   The term Chinatown denotes a Chinese Ghetto.

3. An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by members of one ethnic or religious group.

   Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville are often cited as African-American ghettos in New York City.

ghetto (comparative more ghetto, superlative most ghetto)

1. of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general
2. (slang) (informal) of low quality; cheap; shabby

   My apartments so ghetto, the rats and cockroaches filed a complaint with the city!

   I like to drive ghetto cars; if they break down you can just abandon them and pick up a new one!

Definizione dizionario ghetto

	ghetto
	the district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves
	a district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated
	an economically depressed urban district

Altri significati:

The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.

of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general

(slang) (informal) of low quality; cheap; shabby

A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated, usually voluntarily.

An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by members of one ethnic or religious group.