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# villa

noun (a villa, villas)

«villa» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A villa is a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the country or by the sea, especially in a warm place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#m1)
2. In history, a Roman villa was a big country house and farm owned by a rich Roman family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#m2)
3. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, a villa can be a house of a certain old style in a town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons about the Romans in Britain, pupils study Roman villas with mosaic floors, central heating (hypocausts) and baths. In everyday life, families may rent a villa on holiday. Phrases: «Roman villa», «holiday villa», «a villa with a pool».

### Examples

- We stayed in a villa with a swimming pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#x1)
- The Roman villa had a beautiful mosaic floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#x2)
- Rich Romans lived in villas in the countryside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#x3)
- The villa looked out over the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#x4)
- Archaeologists found the remains of a villa under the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#x5)
- Our holiday villa had a lemon tree in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#x6)

### Note

Countable noun, plural villas. Double l. Do not confuse with «village» (a small group of houses) or «villain» (the bad character in a story).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «villa» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«villa» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/villa.html) on Mova free.