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villa

noun
VIL-uh/ˈvɪlə/

Pluralvillas, villae

4 meanings of villa

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  1. 1
    luxury housenouncountable
    A house in the country or near the sea, often big and expensive, where people go to get away and rest.

    Our family stayed in a villa with a pool near the beach.

    The singer bought a villa in the hills to escape the city.

    UsagePeople often rent a villa for a holiday.

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  2. 2
    Roman farmhousenouncountable
    In ancient Rome, a house in the country with farm buildings around an open yard.

    We visited the ruins of an old villa where Romans once lived and farmed the land.

    The Roman villa had stables and storerooms built around a yard.

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  3. 3
    suburban housenounUKcountable
    A family house on a middle-class street, often an old one joined to the house next door.

    My grandparents lived in a small villa on a street of neat brick houses.

    Every villa on our road has a little garden at the front.

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    family homelandnounslangNigeriacountable
    The village or home area that your family comes from.

    Every December we travel from Lagos back to our villa to see the elders.

    Life in the villa is much quieter than life in Lagos.

    Similarvillage, hometown

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Origins

Meanings 1, 3–4

From the Italian word villa, which comes from a Latin word for a country house.

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Meaning 2

From the Latin word villa, meaning a country house.

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