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Definition of shtetl noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shtetl

noun

/ˈʃtetl/

/ˈʃtetl/

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a small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe in the past
Word OriginYiddish, ‘little town’.

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