[ 'gɛtəʊ ]
■ noun ( plural ~s or ~es )
1》 a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group.
2》 historical the Jewish quarter in a city.
Derivatives
~ization or ~isation noun
~ize or ~ise verb
Origin
C17: perh. from Ital. getto 'foundry' (because the first ~ was established on the site of a foundry in Venice), or from Ital. bor~ , dimin. of borgo 'borough'.