Since the late 19th century, the meaning of ghetto has been extended to crowded urban districts where other ethnic or racial groups have been confined by poverty or prejudice.

The term slum is usually used to refer to areas in developing countries that suffer from absolute poverty, while the term ghetto is used to refer to areas of developed countries that suffer from …

Dec 19, 2025 · Ghetto, formerly a street, or quarter, of a city set apart as a legally enforced residence area for Jews. More recently, the term ghetto has come to apply to any urban area …

GHETTO definition: a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social …

GHETTO meaning: 1. an area of a city, especially a very poor area, where people of a particular race or religion…. Learn more.

(often disapproving) a poor area of a city where a particular group of people live isolated from the rest of the population, for example people of the same ethnic group or background. I'm from …

A ghetto is a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else. …the Black ghettos of New York and Los …

Aug 17, 2020 · Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ghetto (sense A.3b), or its predominantly African American inhabitants and culture. Also in derogatory sense: makeshift, shoddy, or in …

1. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of a minority group. 2. (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews …

2 days ago · An inner-urban area characterized by the spatial concentration of disadvantage. The term is often associated with particular ethnic groups—for example black North …