Noun

1. The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.

   The Jews of Venice were confined to the ghèto, in what is now the Arsenale district

2. A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated, usually voluntarily.

   The Castro district of San Francisco is a gay ghetto.

   Beverley Hills is the ghetto of L.A.'s glitterati.

   The term Chinatown denotes a Chinese Ghetto.

3. An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by members of one ethnic or religious group.

   Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville are often cited as African-American ghettos in New York City.

Adjective

1. of or related to a ghetto or to ghettos in general
2. of low quality; cheap; shabby

   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!

Noun

1. non-preferential alternative form of getto, meaning ghetto