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Audio Help [vil-uh] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a country residence or estate. |
| 2. | any imposing or pretentious residence, esp. one in the country or suburbs maintained as a retreat by a wealthy person. |
| 3. | British. a detached or semidetached dwelling house, usually suburban. |
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villa
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Audio Help [vee-uh; Sp. bee-yah] Pronunciation Key | Fran·cis·co
Audio Help [frahn-sees-kaw] Pronunciation Key, (Doroteo Arango; “Pancho Villa”), 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist. |
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n.
[Italian, from Latin vīlla; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Vil·la
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Mexican revolutionary leader who ran unsuccessfully for the presidency after the Mexican Revolution (1910) and later attempted to oust (1914-1915) President Venustiano Carranza. |
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| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) |
| 2. | detached or semidetached suburban house |
| 3. | country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard |
| 4. | pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
villa [ˈvilə] noun
Example: They have a villa at the seaside.
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Villa Ridge, MO (CDP, FIPS 76192) Location: 38.47117 N, 90.88353 W
Population (1990): 1865 (712 housing units)
Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63089
Villa Ridge, IL Zip code(s): 62996
Villa Rica, GA (city, FIPS 79528) Location: 33.73293 N, 84.92287 W
Population (1990): 6542 (2503 housing units)
Area: 50.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30180
Villa Park, IL (village, FIPS 77993) Location: 41.88550 N, 87.97822 W
Population (1990): 22253 (8214 housing units)
Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60181
Villa Park, CA (city, FIPS 82744) Location: 33.81850 N, 117.81032 W
Population (1990): 6299 (1966 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92667
Villa Grove, IL (city, FIPS 77941) Location: 39.86364 N, 88.15954 W
Population (1990): 2734 (1076 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61956
Villa Grove, CO Zip code(s): 81155
Villa Heights, VA (CDP, FIPS 81152) Location: 36.69731 N, 79.90405 W
Population (1990): 1021 (451 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Villa Hills, KY (city, FIPS 79698) Location: 39.06393 N, 84.59633 W
Population (1990): 7739 (2619 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Kykotsmovi Villa, AZ Zip code(s): 86039
Lake Villa, IL (village, FIPS 41586) Location: 42.41753 N, 88.08228 W
Population (1990): 2857 (1089 housing units)
Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
La Villa, TX (city, FIPS 41788) Location: 26.29728 N, 97.92666 W
Population (1990): 1388 (351 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bella Villa, MO (city, FIPS 4114) Location: 38.54345 N, 90.28618 W
Population (1990): 708 (309 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
South Park Villa, WA Zip code(s): 98366
Fig Garden Villa, CA Zip code(s): 93704
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Villa
Vill\, n. [OF. ville, vile, a village, F. ville a town, city. See Villa.] A small collection of houses; a village. "Every manor, town, or vill." --Sir M. Hale. Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins sound for me. --Wordsworth. Note: A word of various significations in English, law; as, a manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill, in England, seems to have been derived from the Roman sense of the term villa, a single country residence or farm; a manor. Later, the term was applied only to a collection of houses more than two, and hence came to comprehend towns. Burrill. The statute of Exeter, 14 Edward I., mentions entire-vills, demivills, and hamlets.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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