ghetto meaning and definition

GHETTO noun

Definition of ghetto (noun)

1. formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
   • "the Warsaw ghetto"
2. 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"
3. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions