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Yiddish
Etymology
From שטאָט (shtot, “city”) + ־ל (-l, “diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
Noun
שטעטל • (shtetl) n, plural שטעטלעך (shtetlekh)
- small town, townlet
- shtetl
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