Villa Definition

vĭlə
villas
noun
A country house or estate, esp. when large or luxurious.
Webster's New World
A country estate with a substantial house.
American Heritage
A small suburban house.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Villa

Noun

Singular:
villa
Plural:
villas

Origin of Villa

  • Italian from Latin vīlla weik-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian villa, from Latin villa (“country house")

    From Wiktionary

Villa Sentence Examples

  • He died in his villa at Tusculum, regretted and esteemed by all.

  • A Roman villa was formerly seen close to the shore, but it is not now visible.

  • The remaining years of his life were spent partly in the capital, partly in his villa at Tibur.

  • This may have originally been the nympliaeum of the great villa of the Acilii Glabriones, the hypogaeum of which was discovered by De Rossi near this spot in 1888.

  • From 1767 he resided either at Edinburgh or at a villa which he built at Kilduff near his former parish.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIL

Words Ending With

ALALLA

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Words Starting With V and Ending With A

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With V5 Letter Words Ending With A