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shtetl

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shtetl

  [shtet-l, shtey-tl]
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–noun, plural shtet⋅lach  [shtet-lahkh, -luhkh, shteyt-] , English. shtetls. Yiddish.
(formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.
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shtetl   (shtět'l, shtāt'l)   
n.   pl. shtetls or shtet·lach (-läKH)
A small Jewish town or village formerly found throughout Eastern Europe.

[Yiddish, from Middle High German stetel, diminutive of stat, town, from Old High German, place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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shtetl 
small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe, 1949, from Yiddish, lit. "little town," from dim. of Ger. Stadt "city, town," from O.H.G. stat "place," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
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