1. (

• ghetto

) formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto" ;

2. (

• ghetto

) 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" ;

3. (

• ghetto ,

) a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions ;