shtetl
noun[C]
(alsoshtetel)uk/ʃtet.əl/us/ʃtet.əl/pluralshtetlach,shtetelach,shtetlekh,shtetlsorshtetelsin the past, asmalltownineasternEuropewhere a lot ofJewishpeoplelived:
My grandmother'ssistermarriedsomeone from a shtetl who didn'tevenspeakPolish.
Those shtetls had beenwipedout inWorldWar II.
- Lestschinsky was a shtetlboy,bornandbred.
- I have been to Auschwitz and theemptyshtetels in Poland.
- Myfamilyemigratedto Edinburghslightlyover 100yearsago, from the shtetls of Lithuania.
Towns & regions: environments & localities
- arrondissement
- backyard
- belt
- demesne
- exclave
- hardscape
- inyourbackyardidiom
- locale
- locality
- manor
- neck
- neighbourhood
- non-local
- non-metro
- non-metropolitan
- quarter
- surroundings
- this, our, etc.neck of the woodsidiom
- turf
- Windsor