shtetl
[ shtet-l, shtey-tl ]
noun,plural shtet·lach [shtet-lahkh, -luhkh, shteyt-], /ˈʃtɛt lɑx, -ləx, ˈʃteɪt-/, English shtetls.Yiddish.
(formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.
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How to use shtetl in a sentence
He was the manager where I was working, an old-fashioned Jew from the Polish shtetl.
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British Dictionary definitions for shtetl
shtetl
/ (ˈʃtetəl) /
nounplural shtetlach (ˈʃtetlaːx) or shtetls
(formerly) a small Jewish community in Eastern Europe
Origin of shtetl
1Yiddish, little town
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