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villa
/ˈvɪlə/
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What does villa mean?
noun
- A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
- (slang) One’s village or ancestral homeland.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
proper noun
- A surname from Spanish.
- Aston Villa Football Club, a football club based in Birmingham
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɪlə/
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The first thing he looked for when he stepped out of the hall door was the light of the Ambroses’ villa.
The stillness of lake and shore and wood was so wonderful that he did not go into the villa he lived in.
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The villa and the lady are such familiar objects in London life, that I ought to apologise for introducing them to notice.
A week afterward he went to dine at a beautiful villa on the Caelian Hill, and, on arriving, dismissed his hired vehicle.
A crowd of morbid sightseers were still gathered round Deep Dene House, which was just such a suburban villa as I had pictured.