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vil·la

   [vil-uh]
noun
1.
a country residence or estate.
2.
any imposing or pretentious residence, especially one in the country or suburbs maintained as a retreat by a wealthy person.
3.
British. a detached or semidetached dwelling house, usually suburban.
Origin:
1605–15; (< Italian ) < Latin vīlla a country house, farm, akin to vīcus village, wick3

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Vil·la

   [vee-uh; Sp. bee-yah]
noun
Fran·cis·co  [frahn-sees-kaw] , (Doroteo Arango; “Pancho Villa”), 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
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villa (ˈvɪlə)
 
—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

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;"
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O.C.S. visi "village;" Goth. weihs "village;" Lith. viepats "master of the house").
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