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borghetto
Italian · medieval
"a confined urban quarter"
possibly "little town" or a foundry district where Venice confined Jewish residents
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ghetto
Italian · 1500s
"a segregated urban quarter"
named the segregated Jewish quarter of Venice
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ghetto
English · 1600s-1900s
"an area occupied by a minority group, often by force"
adopted directly from Italian, later broadened to any segregated area
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