pancho villa villa
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villa (ˈvɪlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in ancient Rome) a country house, usually consisting of farm buildings and residential quarters around a courtyard |
| 2. | a large and usually luxurious country residence |
| 3. | (Brit) a detached or semidetached suburban house |
| 4. | (NZ) a medium-sized suburban house standing in its own grounds |
| [C17: via Italian from Latin; related to Latin vīcus a village] | |
| 'villa-like | |
| —adj | |
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| Villa (ˈviːə, Spanish ˈbiʎa) | |
| —n | |
| Francisco (franˈsisko), called Pancho Villa, original name Doroteo Arango. ?1877--1923, Mexican revolutionary leader | |
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villa
1611, from It. villa "country house, villa, farm," from L. villa "country house, farm," related to vicus "village, group of houses," from PIE *weik- "clan" (cf. Skt. vesah "house," vit "dwelling, house, settlement;" Avestan vis "house, village, clan;" O.Pers. vitham "house, royal house;" Gk. oikos "house;"
O.C.S. visi "village;" Goth. weihs "village;" Lith. viepats "master of the house").
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