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Synonyms for villa

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vil-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪl ə

Définition of villa

Origin :
  • 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 vieÅ¡pats "master of the house").
  • noun country estate
Example sentences :
  • The prince was residing at his "Garten," (villa) two miles out of town.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • This led me to request a sight of that villa—a crown to the housekeeper got me admittance.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The owner of the villa was a rich Syrian with a French-American wife.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • She was a new young lady, who had been with Madame at her Villa—I have not seen her.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The Villa of Galileo, the nameless composition with stone pines, 43.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • They turned from the sea into the broad walk of the Villa, and walked towards the kiosk.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • In his father's villa at Capodimonte there was little real comfort.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • When this letter reached her she was at Fiesole with Vere in a villa which she had taken.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • It looked black against the gold, till it was off the Villa Pantano.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Here in 1864 a Roman villa was discovered, which has been entirely excavated.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

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