villa

[vil-uh]

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noun

a country residence or estate.

any imposing or pretentious residence, especially one in the country or suburbs maintained as a retreat by a wealthy person.

British. a detached or semidetached dwelling house, usually suburban.

Origin of villa

1605–15; (< Italian) < Latin vīlla a country house, farm, akin to vīcus village, wick³

Related formsvil·la·like, adjective

Villa

[vee-uh; Spanish bee-yah]

noun

Fran·cis·co

[frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/, Doroteo ArangoPancho Villa, 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.

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Related Words for villa

mansion, chateau, manor

Examples from the Web for villa

Contemporary Examples of villa

Villa and Zapata looked on, smiling their papier mache smiles, sure they had seen something like this before.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution
Jason McGahan
November 21, 2014
The faces of Villa and Zapata looked on from the opposite end of the square.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution
Jason McGahan
November 21, 2014
The three were living it up at his Arcore villa outside Milan, made famous by his orgiastic Bunga-Bunga parties.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau
October 19, 2014
One can even rent out the villa here or wander down from the Arc de Triomphe and peek through the fence.
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Liza Foreman
July 8, 2014
His restaurant earned a Michelin star before Villa Magna lured him away.
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Kara Cutruzzula
March 19, 2014

Historical Examples of villa

The prince was residing at his "Garten," (villa) two miles out of town.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
This led me to request a sight of that villa—a crown to the housekeeper got me admittance.
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The owner of the villa was a rich Syrian with a French-American wife.
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
She was a new young lady, who had been with Madame at her Villa—I have not seen her.
The Incomplete Amorist
E. Nesbit
The Villa of Galileo, the nameless composition with stone pines, 43.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for villa

villa

noun

(in ancient Rome) a country house, usually consisting of farm buildings and residential quarters around a courtyard

a large and usually luxurious country residence

British a detached or semidetached suburban house

NZ a medium-sized suburban house standing in its own grounds

Derived Formsvilla-like, adjective

Word Origin for villa

C17: via Italian from Latin; related to Latin vīcus a village

Villa

noun

Francisco (franˈsisko), called Pancho Villa, original name Doroteo Arango. ?1877–1923, Mexican revolutionary leader

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Word Origin and History for villa

1610s, from Italian villa "country house, villa, farm," from Latin villa "country house, farm," related to vicus "village, group of houses," from PIE *weik- "clan" (cf. Sanskrit vesah "house," vit "dwelling, house, settlement;" Avestan vis "house, village, clan;" Old Persian vitham "house, royal house;" Greek oikos "house;" Old Church Slavonic visi "village;" Gothic weihs "village;" Lithuanian viešpats "master of the house").