"געטאָ" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

Forms: geto [romanization], getos [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ghetto. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|it|ghetto}} Borrowed from Italian ghetto Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} געטאָ • (geto) f, {{yi-noun|g=f|pl=s}} געטאָ • (geto) f, plural געטאָס (getos)
  1. ghetto (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)

Inflected forms

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