Usually means: Small Jewish village, Eastern Europe.
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  1. shtetl: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. shtetl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shtetl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shtetl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Shtetl, shtetl: Wordnik
  6. shtetl: Wiktionary
  7. shtetl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. shtetl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. shtetl: Dictionary.com
  10. shtetl: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Shtetl (film), Shtetl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. shtetl: Free Dictionary
  13. shtetl: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. shtetl: Encyclopedia

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  1. Shtetl: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shtetl)

▸ noun:  A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.

Similar:
shtetel, shtetle, schtetl, shtiebel, Yiddishland, shetadlan, shul, kvutza, shtadlanut, shtikl, more...

Opposite:
metropolis, city, urbarea, cosmopolitarea

Adjectives:
european, small, polish, eastern, east, little, russian, old, whole, typical, lithuanian


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Similar:
shtetel, shtetle, schtetl, shtiebel, Yiddishland, shetadlan, shul, kvutza, shtadlanut, shtikl, more...

Opposite:
metropolis, city, urbarea, cosmopolitarea

Adjectives:
european, small, polish, eastern, east, little, russian, old, whole, typical, lithuanian



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