ghetto

noun

Definition of ghettonext
as in barrio

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghetto
  1. barrio
  2. enclave
  3. hood
  4. district
  5. neighborhood
  6. section
Noun
  • He was born in the Almirante Sur barrio of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and is known for his Puerto Rican pride.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Their continued refusal to erect a memorial to the barrios upon which Dodger Stadium was built contradicts the spirit of a city that wants to grapple with all of its history, comfortable and not.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of barrio
Noun
  • Since then, more than 46,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials, with much of the enclave laid to waste and gripped by a humanitarian crisis, with most of its population displaced.
    Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Yet even lifelong residents were shocked at the speed and scale of the blazes that erupted on Tuesday, first in the tony coastal enclave of Pacific Palisades; then in Eaton Canyon, near Altadena; and to the north, around the area of Sylmar.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of enclave
Noun
  • The moment an unwitting Labrador tried to enter his owner's car through the hood rather than the open door at the back has gone viral, leading to jokes about the breed's IQ.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The gown’s neckline transitioned into a hood that Sánchez delicately placed on her head to show off her new honey-blonde highlights.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of hood
Noun
  • Throughout the district, all public schools have been closed.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein's 1936 film Battleship Potemkin, widely regarded as a cinematic masterpiece, made the Potemkin Steps that descend into the port district an icon of film history.
    Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of district
Noun
  • It was posted long enough for screenshots to speed through neighbors’ text message chains and for the text to be copied onto neighborhood Ring camera chat groups and the Watch Duty app.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Wildfires have ravaged the Pacific Palisades neighborhood west of downtown amid powerful winds and an overtaxed water supply.
    Isaiah Murtaugh, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of neighborhood
Noun
  • An analysis of satellite images by Microsoft offered a glimpse of the devastation in one section of Pacific Palisades, a wealthy neighborhood between Malibu and Santa Monica.
    Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In the same section just 18 rows down, one available ticket costs $200.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of section
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