villa
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- noun
- /ˈvɪlə/
- I unearthed a skull this afternoon on the site of what I suspect to be a Roman villa.
- Roman villa
- country villa
Examples
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England: The remains of 40 infants from a group of 97 excavated from a Roman villa.
Academic text (2010) -
On your left is Hercules' villa.
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Once a month, he would emerge from his villa to collect a pension at the post office sent from France.
Academic text (2011) -
We've taken a villa in Rome.
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And this villa, with its treasures, its slaves, its gardens, will be yours.
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Returning to our topic, villas were usually surrounded by carefully landscaped grounds.
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Farther down the green slope, our excavation of a huge villa has already exposed forty-three rooms.
Academic text (2004) -
While vacationing in Italy, we rented a beautiful villa surrounded by vineyards.
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The archaeologists discovered the remains of a Roman villa during their excavation.
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During our tour of ancient Rome, the guide pointed out the impressive ruins of a once-grand villa.
Synonyms
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3.4
A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens
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3.4
A large house in the countryside with its own land
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6.0
A large old country house once owned by a rich landowner
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Etymology
Villa comes from the Latin villa, which meant a 'country house' or 'farm' in ancient Rome. So a Roman villa was a home with living rooms and farm buildings around a courtyard, and that is why we still use villa for a country house today.