1
: a country estate
2
: the rural or suburban residence of a wealthy person
3
British
: a detached or semidetached urban residence with yard and garden space
Synonyms
Examples of villa in a Sentence
They rented a seaside villa for two weeks.
a millionaire with a luxurious villa in Mexico
Recent Examples on the Web
Larger groups can book the private villa, which accommodates up to eight guests with four bedrooms and a large private pool, while still having access to the hotel’s amenities.
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Monica Mendal, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2024
The property offers spacious villa vacation rentals, just right for groups or multigenerational family travel.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
Another 36 for-sale residences, inspired by Mediterranean villas, overlooking Playa Pochote have hit the market here—with one estate asking just under $15 million.
—Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
There, the activist is working with 60 supporters—whose anti-Kremlin activities include tracking down the villas, yachts, and bank accounts of the Russian political elites—inside three fully operational production studios and a high-tech control room.
—Sam Jacobs, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
This allows more time for entertaining, traveling, time with family and friends, or simply relaxing in your own quiet villa.
—Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
Near the villa, the team had found something else: A brick foundation of a smokehouse used to cure meat.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Then, just a week before the synod’s start date, in 2016—with all the villas booked and ready at a Cretan resort town—the Russians pulled out.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Just over a decade later, the family acquired Villa Passalacqua, an 18th-century lakeside villa not far from Tremezzo.
—Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
Monica Mendal, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2024
The property offers spacious villa vacation rentals, just right for groups or multigenerational family travel.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
Another 36 for-sale residences, inspired by Mediterranean villas, overlooking Playa Pochote have hit the market here—with one estate asking just under $15 million.
—Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
There, the activist is working with 60 supporters—whose anti-Kremlin activities include tracking down the villas, yachts, and bank accounts of the Russian political elites—inside three fully operational production studios and a high-tech control room.
—Sam Jacobs, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
This allows more time for entertaining, traveling, time with family and friends, or simply relaxing in your own quiet villa.
—Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
Near the villa, the team had found something else: A brick foundation of a smokehouse used to cure meat.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Then, just a week before the synod’s start date, in 2016—with all the villas booked and ready at a Cretan resort town—the Russians pulled out.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Just over a decade later, the family acquired Villa Passalacqua, an 18th-century lakeside villa not far from Tremezzo.
—Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Villa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villa. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
villa
noun
vil·la
ˈvil-ə 
1
: a country estate
2
: a large expensive house usually located in the country
Biographical Definition
Villa
biographical name
Vil·la
ˈvē-yə
Francisco 1878–1923
Pancho
ˈpän-(ˌ)chō
ˈpan-
Villa originally Doroteo Arango Mexican bandit and revolutionary
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