Ghetto
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GHETTO — D’origine italienne incertaine – l’on peut y voir une corruption de giudeica (latin: judaicam ) ou de gietto (fonderie de canons de Venise, site du quartier juif) –, le terme «ghetto» désigne un groupement topographique, ethnique, économique,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
GHETTO — GHETTO, urban section serving as compulsory residential quarter for Jews. Generally surrounded by a wall shutting it off from the rest of the city, except for one or more gates, the ghetto remained bolted at night. The origin of this term has… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ghetto — (n.) 1610s, part of a city to which Jews were restricted, especially in Italy, from It. ghetto part of a city to which Jews are restricted, various theories of its origin include: Yiddish get deed of separation; special use of Venetian getto… … Etymology dictionary
Ghetto — Ghet to, n. [It.] A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. By extension: Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ghetto — (del italiano; pronunciamos gueto ) sustantivo masculino 1. Gueto. gueto o ghetto sustantivo masculino 1. Barrio de una ciudad donde vivían o eran obligados a vivir los judíos: el gueto de Varsovia … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
ghetto — ► NOUN (pl. ghettos or ghettoes) 1) a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group. 2) historical the Jewish quarter in a city. DERIVATIVES ghettoize (also ghettoise) verb. ORIGIN perhaps from Italia … English terms dictionary
Ghetto — (ital), in den großen italienischen u. orientalischen Städten das Gassenquartier, worin früher die Juden Abends eingeschlossen wurden … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Ghetto — (ital.), s. Judenviertel … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Ghetto — Ghetto, ital., das ehemals Nachts geschlossene Judenquartier in den ital. Städten … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
ghetto — / get:o/ s.m. [dal venez. ghèto, indicante dapprima un getto , cioè una fonderia, divenuto in seguito il nome del quartiere assegnato (nel 1516) agli Ebrei come dimora coatta]. 1. [quartiere abitato in maggioranza da Ebrei] ▶◀ (ant.) giudecca. 2 … Enciclopedia Italiana
