ghetto

ghetto
ghetto (n.) 1610s, "part of a city to which Jews were restricted," especially in Italy, from It. ghetto "part of a city to which Jews are restricted," various theories of its origin include: Yiddish get "deed of separation;" special use of Venetian getto "foundry" (there was one near the site of that city's ghetto in 1516); a clipped word from Egitto "Egypt," from L. Aegyptus (presumably in memory of the exile); or It. borghetto "small section of a town" (dim. of borgo, of Germanic origin, see BOROUGH (Cf. borough)). Extended by 1899 to crowded urban quarters of other minority groups (especially blacks in U.S. cities). As an adjective by 1903 (modern slang usage from 1999). Ghetto-blaster "large, portable stereo" is from 1982.

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  • GHETTO — GHETTO, urban section serving as compulsory residential quarter for Jews. Generally surrounded by a wall shutting it off from the rest of the city, except for one or more gates, the ghetto remained bolted at night. The origin of this term has… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Ghetto — Ghet to, n. [It.] A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. By extension: Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ghetto — (del italiano; pronunciamos gueto ) sustantivo masculino 1. Gueto. gueto o ghetto sustantivo masculino 1. Barrio de una ciudad donde vivían o eran obligados a vivir los judíos: el gueto de Varsovia …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • ghetto — ► NOUN (pl. ghettos or ghettoes) 1) a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group. 2) historical the Jewish quarter in a city. DERIVATIVES ghettoize (also ghettoise) verb. ORIGIN perhaps from Italia …   English terms dictionary

  • Ghetto — (ital), in den großen italienischen u. orientalischen Städten das Gassenquartier, worin früher die Juden Abends eingeschlossen wurden …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ghetto — Ghetto, s. Getto …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ghetto — (ital.), s. Judenviertel …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ghetto — Ghetto, ital., das ehemals Nachts geschlossene Judenquartier in den ital. Städten …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • ghetto — / 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 …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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