gueto

Portuguese

noun
Definitions
  • (historical) ghetto area of a city in which Jews were concentrated
  • (sociology) ghetto very impoverished or segregated area of a city

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ghetto.

Origin

Italian (Fiorentino)

ghetto

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