GHETTO

[noun] [C] [plural] ghettos or ghettoes - a very poor area of a city in which a lot of people, often of the same race or religion, live closely together and apart from the rest of the city, or a part of society or group that is in some way set apart from the othersAs a child she lived in one of New York's poorest ghettos.To the west of the city people are living in almost ghetto conditions.Brought up in what he describes as 'a middle class ghetto' he imagined that all people were as privileged as he was.(slang) A ghetto blaster (US also boom box) is a large long tape recorder that can be carried around by hand.