as in mansion
a large impressive residence
a millionaire with a luxurious villa in Mexico
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Recent Examples of villa
Coral Reef Club is on 12 landscaped acres in the Holetown area on the Caribbean side, with 88 rooms with offerings ranging from garden-view rooms to villas.
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Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The 1916 Georgian-Italian villa is famous for its boxwoods, camellias, and orchids.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
Twelve former islanders are returning to the villa to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Love Island.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Maya Jama returns to host the Love Island UK spinoff that sees Islander favorites from the past return to the villa to get another shot at love.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The 1916 Georgian-Italian villa is famous for its boxwoods, camellias, and orchids.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
Twelve former islanders are returning to the villa to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Love Island.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Maya Jama returns to host the Love Island UK spinoff that sees Islander favorites from the past return to the villa to get another shot at love.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for villa
Noun
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Joining Bezos in the lavish Miami real estate market are David and Victoria Beckham, who opted to purchase their $80 million mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The same area saw a devastating blaze in 2017, when the Skirball fire burned 475 acres and destroyed multiple mansions, including one owned by Rupert Murdoch.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
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Qualley is set to play a governess who is taking care of children in a remote gothic manor while hiding her psychopathic tendencies.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 Jan. 2025
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See which remarkable manors and estates have stood in for royal homes throughout history.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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This explains why so many millennials are still alone: they’re imprisoned in their own sky castles.—
Alex Baia,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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But its most famous residence is the French Renaissance Biltmore Estate, which was George Vanderbilt’s 250-room castle and is considered the largest home in America.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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Among the producers of Michael are co-executors of the Jackson estate John Branca and John McClain.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Gates is a fascinating emerging figure in the industry, recognizable to cinephiles for her brief turns in Twin Peaks: The Return, Uncut Gems, and Challengers as the poor woman in estate law who matches with Patrick Zweig on Tinder, as well as being the granddaughter of screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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Historic museums set within ornate palazzos occupy much of the city, such as Palazzo Madama, Turin’s municipal museum of ancient art, and Palazzo Reale di Torino, a 16th-century palace built for the House of Savoy.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to Hello!, the palace deleted its initial post on X on Oct. 1 because of a minor typo.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Inside, the house is now completely empty of furniture.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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Her house, though not destroyed, was at the edge of the burn area, and isn’t livable.—
Kate Sequeira,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Villa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villa. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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