Plural form of ghetto; multiple segregated urban areas or neighborhoods where specific groups are concentrated.
Standard English plural of ghetto, formed by adding -es (following the Italian plural 'ghetti'). The variation between 'ghettos' and 'ghettoes' reflects the word's Italian origins.
English borrowed both the Italian 'ghetto' and kept its original plural 'ghetti,' but then created an English plural 'ghettoes,' so this word shows two different pluralization systems fighting it out in the same language!
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