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Ghetto as a Noun
Definitions of "Ghetto" as a noun
Synonyms of "Ghetto" as a noun (7 Words)
Usage Examples of "Ghetto" as a noun
Associations of "Ghetto" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Ghetto” are: community, association, commune, settlement, quarter, district, section

Ghetto as a Noun

Definitions of "Ghetto" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ghetto” as a noun can have the following definitions:

An isolated or segregated group or area.
The Jewish quarter in a city.
A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping.
Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.
A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.

Synonyms of "Ghetto" as a noun (7 Words)

association	A group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species. A bog association* containing ericaceous plants.*
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. Very few of the abbey s vineyards were actually located within the commune* of Hautvillers.*
community	A group of interdependent plants or animals growing or living together in natural conditions or occupying a specified habitat. A community* of nuns.*
district	An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. An elegant shopping district.
quarter	A square charge which covers the top left dexter chief quarter of the field. A page and a quarter.
section	A separation by cutting. The finance section* of the company.*
settlement	The process of establishing a settlement or settlements. A continent where settlement* is at the mercy of geography.*

Usage Examples of "Ghetto" as a noun

A middle-class ghetto of prosperous professionals.
The Warsaw Ghetto.
No escape from the ghetto of the typing pool.
The Warsaw ghetto.
The relative security of the gay ghetto.

Associations of "Ghetto" (30 Words)

borough	(in Alaska) a district corresponding to a county elsewhere in the US.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. The staff were in turmoil it was panic city.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. We all went out of Beijing by bus to spend a morning at a commune.
community	A group of people living in a particular local area. The community* of goods.*
deport	Expel from a country. He was deported to Turkey for his public condemnation of the Shah.
deportation	The action of deporting a foreigner from a country. Asylum seekers facing deportation.
emigrant	Someone who leaves one country to settle in another. Emigrant workers.
expatriate	Send (a person or money) abroad. Money found to have been expatriated to Singapore banks.
hamlet	A settlement smaller than a town.
hovel	Small crude shelter used as a dwelling. People were living in rat infested hovels.
intern	Work as an intern. The family were interned for the duration of the war as enemy aliens.
local	A local train or bus service. Migration can regulate the local* density of animals.*
metropolitan	Relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. A sophisticated metropolitan.
municipal	Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality. International law only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal* law.*
municipality	The governing body of a municipality. Voters in each municipality* choose between four candidates.*
outskirts	Outlying areas (as of a city or town. They mingled in the outskirts* of the crowd.*
parish	A local church community. A parish* church.*
population	Each of three groups (designated I, II, and III) into which stars can be approximately divided on the basis of their manner of formation. People come and go but the population* of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade.*
populous	Having a large population; densely populated. The populous* city of Shanghai.*
prefecture	The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire. Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture* of Police.*
resident	A medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital. It was a beautiful hamlet with just 100 residents.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Remote rural* areas.*
slum	A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. He moved from a two room slum* into a local authority house.*
smuggle	Move (goods) illegally into or out of a country. She smuggled cigarettes across the border.
squatter	A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land. The police moved in and evicted the squatters.
suburban	Contemptibly dull and ordinary. Elizabeth despised Ann s house proudness as deeply suburban.
town	The chief city or town of a region. Churchill was in town.
urban	Located in or characteristic of a city or city life. The urban* population.*
village	A self contained district or community within a town or city regarded as having features characteristic of village life. The village* of Claxby.*
villager	One who has lived in a village most of their life. Jose married a fellow villager.