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*GHETTO*
ghet·toˈgetō/
noun
noun: ghetto; plural noun: ghettoes; plural noun: ghettos
1.
a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
verb
1.
put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.
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The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic. It is from its name in Italian ("ghetto"
, that the English word "ghetto" is derived: in the Venetian language it was named "ghèto". The Venetian Ghetto (incidentally, the first Ghetto) was instituted in 1516, though political restrictions on Jewish rights and residences existed before that date.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Ghetto
