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ghetto meaning in Hindi

बस्ती

UK/ˈɡɛ.təʊ/US/ˈɡɛ.toʊ/

ghetto in Hindi: बस्ती. In English, ghetto means an (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.).

Hindi words for ghetto

area of a city in which Jews were concentrated
बस्ती

English meaning of ghetto

  1. noun An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.).
  2. noun An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
  3. noun An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
  4. noun An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.

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ghetto in a sentence

  • My apartment's so ghetto, the rats and cockroaches filed a complaint with the city!
  • I like to drive ghetto cars; if they break down you can just abandon them and pick up a new one!

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Questions about ghetto in Hindi

What is the meaning of ghetto in Hindi?
Ghetto in Hindi is बस्ती.
ghetto का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Ghetto: बस्ती.
What does ghetto mean in English?
Ghetto means an (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.).

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