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ghetto

English

  1. 🔊 a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
  2. 🔊 formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
    “the Warsaw ghetto”
  3. 🔊 any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
    “the relative security of the gay ghetto”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 gueto ghetto

Similar words

bowery chinatown east end east side little hungary little italy west end west side barrio black ghetto blighted area business district central city city center core downtown greenbelt inner city midtown outskirts red-light district residential district run-down neighborhood shopping center