/ˈvɪlə/, /ˈvɪllɑ/
OriginBorrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.
- A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
“This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues,”
- UKA family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
“They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their Father and Mother in an ordinary red-brick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a ”
- Nigeria, slangOne’s village or ancestral homeland.
- Ancient-RomeA country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
- A surname from Spanish.
- Aston Villa Football Club, a football club based in Birmingham
“Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithfu”
Formsvillas(plural) · villae(plural)