Ghetto means a crowded poor part of a city lived in by a specific ethnic group. The word is powerful, often associated with a rich cultural heritage or a sense of shame and a desire to escape.
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
Noun
a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
Noun
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"
Noun
any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"
n.
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
Ghetto
I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell.
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
Usage Examples
I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.
Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.
Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhy shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.
The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.
I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.