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Ghetto

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ghetto"

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Word	Definition
slumnoun	(countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
favelanoun	A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
hoodnoun	A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
paupernoun	One who is extremely poor.
zonenoun	Any given region or area of the world.
skid-row	—
inner-city	Of, pertaining to, or situated in the central part of a city, especially an older, populous area of low-income or immigrant families.
barrionoun	A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.
shantytownnoun	An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
banlieuenoun	The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
projectsnoun	(US, usually preceded by the) One or more high-density urban housing developments for residents having low incomes.
giudeccanoun	(historical) A Jewish ghetto in an Italian city.
jewlandnoun	(colloquial) Any territory occupied largely by Jewish people.
jewrynoun	Jewish people considered collectively.
bagel beltnoun	(colloquial) A region inhabited by many Jews.
yiddishlandnoun	A region where Yiddish is spoken; the areas of Eastern Europe or the Jewish Autonomous Oblast that had significant numbers of Jewish inhabitants.
shtetlenoun	Alternative form of shtetl. [A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.]
gehennanoun	Hell.
shtetlnoun	A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
shtetelnoun	Alternative form of shtetl. [A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.]