The ghetto in this town is dangerous at night.
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Ghetto
//ˈɡɛ.təʊ//
Synonyms for "ghetto" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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9 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بيئة adj (of or related to the residents of a US ghetto)
- نيئة adj (of or related to the residents of a US ghetto)
- غِيتُو noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- غِيتُو noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Armenian
1 entries- գետտո noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Belarusian
1 entries- ге́та noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гето noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- еврейски квартал noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Catalan
4 entries- call noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- gueto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- gueto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- jueria noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 猶太人居住區 /犹太人居住区 noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- 猶太區 /犹太区 noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- 聚居區 /聚居区 noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- 貧民區 /贫民区 noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Czech
1 entries- ghetto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Danish
2 entries- ghetto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- ghetto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Dutch
4 entries- getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- ghetto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- jodenbuurt noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Esperanto
1 entries- geto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Finnish
3 entries- getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- ghetto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
French
1 entries- ghetto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Georgian
2 entries- გეტო noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- გეტო noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
German
4 entries- Getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- Getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- Ghetto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- Ghetto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Greek
2 entries- γκέτο noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- γκέτο noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Hebrew
1 entries- גֶּטוֹ noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Hindi
1 entries- बस्ती noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Hungarian
2 entries- gettó noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- gettó noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Italian
2 entries- ghetto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- ghetto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Japanese
1 entries- ゲットー noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Korean
1 entries- 게토 noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Lithuanian
1 entries- getas noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Occitan
1 entries- ghètto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Persian
1 entries- گتو noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Polish
2 entries- getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Portuguese
4 entries- favelado adj (of low quality)
- gueto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- gueto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- judiaria noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Romanian
2 entries- ghetou noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- ghetou noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Russian
2 entries- ге́тто noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- ге́тто noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- geto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- гето noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Spanish
4 entries- poblacional adj (of low quality)
- aljama noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- aljama noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
- barriada noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Swedish
2 entries- getto noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
- getto noun (area of a city where people of an ethnic group are concentrated)
Turkish
4 entries- gettolu adj (raised in a US ghetto)
- gettomsu adj (of low quality)
- gettomsu adj (of or related to the residents of a US ghetto)
- külüstür adj (of low quality)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ге́тто noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Yiddish
1 entries- געטאָ noun (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
The university is located a few blocks from the edge of the ghetto.
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She lives in the ghetto.
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He lives in the ghetto.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.