Noun Definition

ghetto

1.Definition: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

Category: Places

2.Definition: any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

"The relative security of the gay ghetto", "No escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"

Category: General

3.Definition: formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

"The Warsaw ghetto"

Category: Places