villa

[US]/'vɪlə/
[UK]/'vɪlə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a country residence or mansion, especially one in a suburb.

Phrases & Collocations

Luxury villa

Secluded villa

Holiday villa

Modern villa

mountain villa

Example Sentences

Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy.

hillside villas; a hillside village.

the villa is impossible to miss—it's right by the road.

Villa totally outclassed us in the first half.

her villa stood in a row of similar ones.

Villa were tonked by local rivals Birmingham City.

He’s got a house in London and a cottage in the country, not to mention the villa in Spain.

We have ensconce ourselves in the most beautiful villa in the south of france.

She has a big house, an expensive car, and a holiday villa in Italy to boot.

Since then I have never set foot again in that champak-shaded villa garden.

Products are beautiful, classical and in the good taste, and mainly used in toilet and bathroom of the villa, tea bar, drinkery and class hotel where are requested special decoration.

Much of the work on view was produced after 1926, when Bonnard and his model, muse and wife, Marthe, moved into “Le Bosquet”, an unimposing villa above Cannes.

Curtis Davies' hopes of a move to Aston Villa have been hit by Gary Cahill's refusal to join West Brom as a makeweight in the proposed deal.

Chateau Villa Bel Air is located in Saint – Morillon in the heart of the “Grave” appellation.After a long dormant period, the property was bought in 1988 by Jean – Michel Cazes and his family.

He’s offered us his villa by the sea for two weeks.The only problem is that we can only have it in February, which rather takes the gilt off the gingerbread.

Real-world Examples

Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build seaside villas.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

Andy and I were talking about getting a little villa in Florence for a month sometime.

Source: Gourmet food, prayer, and love

What makes this villa special is its sense of playfulness.

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

But only floating villas will never be enough.

Source: Environment and Science

So off they go and buy themselves country villas, while some inky-fingered clerk manages the family investment.

Source: The Power of Art - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Police raided the luxury villa of the British American former kickboxing champion in a suburb of Bucharest.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation December 2022

Karl really love these chandeliers, and he has several here in this villa.

Source: Chronicle of Contemporary Celebrities

Whatever the villa chief says is the law of land.

Source: VOA Standard English - Asia

They settled into a beautiful villa on the outskirts of Havana.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Alex Shtefan is the Ukrainian running the holiday home, or villas, complex.

Source: VOA Special April 2022 Collection

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