Ghetto

Noun

 * 1) The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.
 * 2) A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated, usually voluntarily.
 * 3) An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by members of one ethnic or religious group.

Adjective

 * 1) of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general
 * 2)   of low quality; cheap; shabby

Thesaurus
Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, black ghetto, blighted area, business district, central city, city center, core, downtown, greenbelt, inner city, midtown, outskirts, red-light district, residential district, run-down neighborhood, shopping center, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, uptown, urban blight

Derived terms

 * ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster
 * ghettoise - ghettoize