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ghettoes

Variant of ghetto

noun pl. ghettos or ghettoes

  1. in certain European cities, a section to which Jews were formerly restricted
  2. any section of a city in which many members of some minority group live, or to which they are restricted as by economic pressure or social discrimination

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