Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ghetto
Ghetto
ghetto
n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1 a part of a city, esp. a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups. 2 hist. the Jewish quarter in a city. 3 a segregated group or area. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) put or keep (people) in a ghetto. Phrases and idioms ghetto-blaster sl. a large portable radio, esp. used to play loud pop music. Etymology: perh. f. It. getto foundry (applied to the site of the first ghetto in Venice in 1516)
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I. noun (plural ~s; also ~es) see: jet Date: 1611 a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live, a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure, 3. an isolated group , a situation that resembles a ~ especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity , II. transitive verb Date: 1936 ~ize ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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