An area of a city, especially a very poor area, where people of a particular race or religion. Learn more. Since the late 19th century, the meaning of ghetto has been extended to crowded urban districts where other ethnic or racial groups have been confined by poverty or prejudice.

The term getto is a slang word that originated in african american communities in the united states. It refers to a neighborhood or area that is characterized by poverty, crime, and social deprivation. A section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social pressures or economic.