ghetto
11ghetto — / get:o/ s.m. [dal venez. ghèto, indicante dapprima un getto , cioè una fonderia, divenuto in seguito il nome del quartiere assegnato (nel 1516) agli Ebrei come dimora coatta]. 1. [quartiere abitato in maggioranza da Ebrei] ▶◀ (ant.) giudecca. 2 …
12Ghetto — Sn Getto …
13ghetto — has the plural form ghettos …
14ghetto — [n] slum public squalor, rundown section of a city; concepts 334,485,570 …
15ghetto — [get′ō] n. pl. ghettos or ghettoes [It, lit., foundry (< gettare, to pour < VL * jectare, for L jactare, to throw, cast), name of a quarter in Venice occupied by Jews, orig. location of a cannon foundry] 1. in certain European cities, a… …
16Ghetto — A ghetto is described as a portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure. [ [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/ghetto ghetto Definition from the Merriam Webster… …
17Ghetto — Ein Ghetto oder Getto war früher ein bestimmtes Stadtviertel, in dem Juden gezwungen waren, zu leben. Heute bezeichnet der Begriff allgemein Stadtviertel, in denen vorwiegend bestimmte Bevölkerungsgruppen leben, insbesondere soziale Randgruppen.… …
18Ghetto — Le ghetto désigne un quartier réservé ou imposé aux Juifs où ils peuvent vivre selon leurs lois et coutumes particulières au milieu de peuples étrangers. C est dans la République de Venise, en 1516, que ce quartier a pour la première fois été… …
19ghetto — /get oh/, n., pl. ghettos, ghettoes. 1. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or… …
20Ghetto — The first ghetto was established in Venice in 1516 near an iron foundry (Geto). The Jews were forced to live in the area segregated from the rest of the population. Subsequently, the use of ghettos spread to other Italian cities, then made its …