shtetl

[ shtet-l, shtey-tl ]

noun

, Yiddish.

, plural shtet·lach [shtet, -lah, kh, -l, uh, kh, shteyt, -], English shtetls.

1. (formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.

shtetl

/ ˈʃtetəl /

noun

1. (formerly) a small Jewish community in Eastern Europe

Word History and Origins

Origin of shtetl¹

Yiddish, little town

Example Sentences

He was the manager where I was working, an old-fashioned Jew from the Polish shtetl.

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