villa

/ˈvɪlə/

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South Asia/ˈvɪllɑ/

villa noun: a house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.

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Noun (1)

villa (plural villas)

A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- What I commissioned you to get for me, and anything you see suitable to my Tusculan villa, I should be glad if you will, as you say in your letter, procure for me, only don't put yourself to any inconvenience. The truth is, there is no other place that gives me complete rest after all my worries...1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 3
- 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, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.1922, Michael Arlen, “3/6/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
(UK) A 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 hall, a bath-room with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good deal of white...1905, E. Nesbit, chapter 1, in The Railway Children, page 1
(Nigeria, slang) One’s village or ancestral homeland.

Noun (2)

villa (plural villae)

(Ancient-Rome) A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.

Proper noun capitalized: Villa

Villa

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 faithful.2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport

villa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

villa in Hindi

a house used as a retreat: विला vilā

villa in Tamil

வில்லா

villa in Marathi

व्हिला, विला, व्हिल्ला

villa in Urdu

a house used as a retreat: وِیلا vīlā

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villa in Bengali: উদ্যানবাটি, গ্রামস্থ বাসভবন, উদ্যানবাটিকা
villa in Telugu: విల్లా
villa in Malayalam: നഗരപ്രാന്തവസതി, ഉല്ലാസഭവനം, ഗ്രാമവസതി
villa in Kannada: ದೊಡ್ದ ತೋಟದಮನೆ
villa in Punjabi: ਵਿਲਾ
villa in Gujarati: વિલા
villa in Odia: ଭିଲା
villa in Nepali: विला
villa in Tagalog: villa
villa in Arabic: فِيلَا fīlā, دَارَة dāra
villa in Malay: vila
villa in Indonesian: vila
villa in Thai: วิลล่า
villa in Vietnamese: biệt thự
villa in Myanmar: ဗီလာ bila

Examples of villa in a sentence

Upon the occasion of his first publication he quit his day job, only to find that Grub Street wasn't lined with manors and villas but hovels and slums.
She sashayed into the villa as just another bombshell, but stole the show.
She was the type of woman who deserved to live in a villa or a fancy hotel.

All 31 example sentences with villa

Forms of villa

plural	villas
plural	villae

Plural of villa: villas

Origin of villa

Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

Borrowed from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

Words formed from villa

Phrases with villa

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Words that rhyme with villa

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Questions about villa

What does villa mean?: Villa means a house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
What is villa in Hindi?: Villa in Hindi is विला (vilā). See Villa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is villa?: Villa can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce villa?: Villa is pronounced /ˈvɪlə/.
What is the plural of villa?: The plural of villa is villas.

Words near villa in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: villa (page history and authors); Villa (page history and authors); villa (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); villa (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); villa (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); villa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); villa (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); villa (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); villa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); villa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); villa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); villa (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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