Ghetto

Ghetto , noun

[Italian]

A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers.

I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. — Evelyn

Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low-income African-Americans.

Any isolated group of people. [figurative]

Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. [figurative]