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Synonyms for ghetto

Grammar : Noun
Spell : get-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɛt oʊ

Définition of ghetto

Origin :
  • 1610s, "part of a city to which Jews were restricted," especially in Italy, from Italian ghetto "part of a city to which Jews are restricted," various theories of its origin include: Yiddish get "deed of separation;" special use of Venetian getto "foundry" (there was one near the site of that city's ghetto in 1516); a clipped word from Egitto "Egypt," from Latin Aegyptus (presumably in memory of the exile); or Italian borghetto "small section of a town" (diminutive of borgo, of Germanic origin, see borough). Extended by 1899 to crowded urban quarters of other minority groups (especially blacks in U.S. cities). As an adjective by 1903 (modern slang usage from 1999). Ghetto-blaster "large, portable stereo" is from 1982.
  • noun slum
Example sentences :
  • Entered politics as the son of Pharaoh's daughter and the leader of the Ghetto.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • "There goes a lot of meals for the prisoners in the ghetto," Sim said and laughed.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • The five Ghetto gates were thrown open, but Joseph did not come through any.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • For he was born in the Ghetto of Venice, on the seventh story of an ancient house.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Why had his brethren ever sought to emerge from the joyous slavery of the Ghetto?
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • He was back in the days when Fifth Avenue was an avenue and not a ghetto.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Long experience had taught the Ghetto that no gambler could be trusted.
  • Extract from : « A Ghetto Violet » by Leopold Kompert
  • In the opinion of the Ghetto they were the most extraordinary children in the world.
  • Extract from : « A Ghetto Violet » by Leopold Kompert
  • He, too, in a subterranean, ghetto way was master over his rats.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • The master in the art of telling these Ghetto tales is Leopold Kompert.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles

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