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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 of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low-income African-Americans.
[PJC]

3. [fig.] Any isolated group of people.
[PJC]

4. [fig.] Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority.
[PJC]