villa
noun
a country residence or estate.
villa-like
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a word derived from
villa.
Example Sentences
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The first rays of the morning sun were resting like reddish gold on the tips of the forest trees which crowded close up to the white villa-like house.
From Gertrude's Marriage by W. Heimburg
He occupied a vast, villa-like structure set on a low hill overlooking the city.
From Cubs of the Wolf by Raymond F. Jones
Inside of twenty minutes the suburbs, with their long rows of villa-like buildings, and their wide and smoothly paved streets, began to swing past them.
From Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist by John T. McIntyre
The house they reside in—it cannot be called a farmstead—is a large villa-like mansion of recent erection, and fitted with every modern convenience.
From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies
On the summit were some more ornamental villa-like houses, and grey stone buildings with dark tiled roofs, but the expansion on that side had been checked by extensive private grounds.
From Magnum Bonum by Charlotte Mary Yonge
