ghetto

ghetto

n. an inner-city, urban ghetto

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['getəʊ]
urban ghetto
an inner-city

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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  • Ghetto — (ital.), s. Judenviertel …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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