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# villa

«villa» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a villa, villas)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- [Vivid example: in a lounge in Auckland, Alfie watches young people in a villa shouting at each other.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/4/)
- [Zara built her school project, a Roman villa, in Minecraft and showed it on the class screen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/424-teamwork-strategy-and-minecraft-building/14/)
- [Jamal from Birmingham says he is English, British, Black and a Villa fan, and yes, that is allowed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «villa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.