ghetto
noun
[ ˈɡɛtəʊ ]
• a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
ghetto
verb
• put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.
Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Italian getto ‘foundry’ (because the first ghetto was established in 1516 on the site of a foundry in Venice), or from Italian borghetto, diminutive of borgo ‘borough’.
