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Meanings of ghetto in English

Russian
гетто
Portuguese
gueto
Spanish
gueto
Catalan
gueto

Part of a city in which members of a minority group live.

гетто
Synonyms
Examples for "township"
Examples for "township"
1
Further rainfall forecast today may cause problems for the township, he said.
Radio NZ
2
This was in the township of Malpas, recorded in the parish register.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
3
Ashburton, a small rural township in the South Island of New Zealand.
The Irish Times
4
Nothing but a busy main road separates the city and the township.
The South African
5
As a township increases in population, the reserved section advances in value.
American Scenes, and Christian Slavery / A Recent Tour of Four T...
Usage of ghetto in English
1
The situation in the ghetto has changed much since you were there.
The kommandant's girl
2
For the past thirty years, it had been New Crobuzon's garuda ghetto.
Perdido Street Station
3
He penetrated into the ghetto and learned the jargon of the Jews.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
Sneak everyone out of the ghetto and hope the Christians don't notice?
The fifth servant
5
After spending several years in a ghetto in Amsterdam, the family separated.
Reuters
6
Beata found them and brought them home to us in the ghetto.
Gratitude
7
Twenty-four hours ago, I was living in the ghetto with my parents.
The kommandant's girl
8
By my birthday on April 5, the ghetto was completely sealed off.
Carrion comfort
9
All the types of ghetto fanatics are portrayed with the crudest realism.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
10
The people who left the ghetto, like Rubin, did not come back.
The Storyteller
11
No one is getting in or out of the ghetto these days.
The kommandant's girl
12
His eyes are looking off across the water, away from the ghetto.
The kommandant's girl
13
Well, in Lenny's ghetto neighborhood it's mostly Spanish and Jewish, I guess.
Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
14
Barbed wire barricades manned by soldiers mark the entrance to this ghetto.
The Guardian
15
In the ghetto, even here, you haven't been able to do it.
The kommandant's girl
16
A stereo-hearer, holding a large ghetto blaster on his lap, spoke up.
The Big U
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Translations for ghetto
Russian
гетто
Portuguese
guetoguetos
Ghetto through the time
Ghetto across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common