villa.
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
Meaning & usage
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
One’s village or ancestral homeland.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.
A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.
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