ghetˇto ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gt)
n. pl. ghetˇtos or ghetˇtoes
1 : a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure
2 : an isolated group <a geriatric ghetto> b : a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity <stuck in daytime TV's ghetto>