Villa
\Vil"la\, n.; pl.
Villas. [L. villa, LL. also village, dim. of L. vicus a village: cf. It. & F. villa. See
Vicinity, and cf.
Vill,
Village,
Villain.] A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance. --Dryden. Cowper.
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