Ghetto /(?)/

Ghet·to

Ghetto

n.
  1. A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.
    I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell.
  2. Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low-income African-Americans.
  3. Any isolated group of people. [fig.]
  4. Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. [fig.]