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Shtetls

LC control no.sh2002009717
Topical headingShtetls
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Variant(s)Schtetlech
Schtetls
Shtetlach
See alsoCities and towns--Europe, Eastern
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Villages--Europe, Eastern
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Jews--Europe, Eastern
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Found inWork cat.: Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish : The shtetl: image and reality, 1999: cover (shtetl)
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 1993 (shtetl; Yiddish. (formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in Eastern Euopre)
Encyclopedia Judaica, 1971: v. 14, p. 1466, 1471 (shtetl; Yiddish diminutive for shtot meaning "town" or "city", to imply a relatively small community; a relatively small community; in Eastern Europe, a unique socio-cultural communal pattern)