Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
shrinking violet
shrive
shrivel
shriven
Shrivijaya
shroff
Shropshire (1)
Shropshire (2)
shroud
shroud-laid
shroud-waving
shrove
Shrove Tuesday
Shrovetide
shrub (1)
shrub (2)
shrubbery
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

shtetl
shtetl [ shtétt'l, shtáyt'l ] (plural shtetls or shtet·lach [ shtét lkh, shtáyt lkh ]) or schtetl [ shtétt'l, shtáyt'l ] (plural schtetls or schtet·lach)


noun 
Definition:
 
small Jewish community in Eastern Europe: in former times, a small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe
[Mid-20th century. < Yiddish, "little town" < German Stadt "town"]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft