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villa

/ˈvɪlə/noun

उच्चारण विल

विला, बँगला

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noun
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    a house where people stay on holiday; a large country house with gardens; (in the past) a large house in the countryside in ancient Rome

    विला, बँगला

    • a holiday villa in Goa
    • We rented a villa near the beach for the Diwali holidays.
    • The family spent a week in a hillside villa near Manali.
    + 2 more examples
    • They bought a villa with a small garden on the outskirts of Pune.
    • The villa overlooks the sea.

    Synonyms mansion bungalow country house chalet cottage

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

villa (countable noun)

A villa is a separate house, often large or for holidays; it is countable.

Villa एक अलग मकान है, प्रायः बड़ा या छुट्टियों के लिए; यह countable है।

  • They rented a villa in Goa.
  • The villa has a pool and a garden.

villa + in / at + place

Use in for the town or region and at for a particular spot.

शहर या क्षेत्र के लिए 'in' और किसी विशेष स्थान के लिए 'at' आता है।

  • Their villa in Lonavala is close to the lake.
  • We stayed at a villa at the edge of the village.

villa (in India)

In Indian real estate a villa often means a gated, independent house with its own plot.

भारत के रियल एस्टेट में villa का अर्थ प्रायः अपने भूखंड वाला, गेट वाला स्वतंत्र मकान होता है।

  • Many families now prefer a villa to a flat.
  • The villa project has 200 plots.

villa + noun

Before another noun it names the kind of property.

दूसरे noun के पहले यह संपत्ति के प्रकार को बताता है।

  • The villa owner hired a gardener.

villa vs flat vs bungalow (choice of word)

Use flat for a unit in a building, bungalow for a single-floor house, and villa for an independent, usually larger home.

Building की इकाई के लिए flat, एक मंज़िल के मकान के लिए bungalow और स्वतंत्र, प्रायः बड़े घर के लिए villa का प्रयोग करें।

  • Their villa has two floors, while the neighbour's bungalow has one.
+Collocations 5

verb + villa

rentbookbuyownbuild

  • They booked a villa near the beach.

adjective + villa

luxuryprivateholidayspaciousseaside

  • The seaside villa had a long veranda.

villa + noun

ownergardenpoolholidaycomplex

  • The villa complex has a security gate.

villa + with

with a poolwith a viewwith a garden

  • A villa with a mountain view costs more.

villa + location

by the seain the hillson the outskirts

  • They built a villa on the outskirts of Pune.
“More examples 6
  • The family spent the summer in a hill villa near Mussoorie.

परिवार ने गर्मियाँ मसूरी के पास एक पहाड़ी villa में बिताईं।

  • They bought a villa instead of a flat.

उन्होंने flat की बजाय villa खरीदा।

  • The old villa was turned into a museum.

पुरानी villa को संग्रहालय बना दिया गया।

  • Radhika's uncle owns a villa with a large mango orchard.

राधिका के चाचा के पास आम के बड़े बाग़ वाली एक villa है।

  • A group of friends rented a villa for the weekend.

मित्रों के एक समूह ने सप्ताहांत के लिए villa किराये पर ली।

  • The tourists stayed in a lovely villa overlooking the backwaters.

पर्यटक backwaters की ओर खुलने वाली एक सुंदर villa में ठहरे।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These are all kinds of houses, but they differ in size, floors and purpose.

ये सभी मकानों के प्रकार हैं, पर आकार, मंज़िलों और उद्देश्य में भिन्न हैं।

villa

A large separate house, often for holidays or for the rich.

बड़ा स्वतंत्र मकान, प्रायः छुट्टियों या धनी लोगों के लिए।

  • They stayed in a villa.

bungalow

A house with one floor only.

एक ही मंज़िल का मकान।

  • The bungalow has a lawn.

mansion

A very large, grand house.

बहुत बड़ा, भव्य मकान।

  • The mansion has fifty rooms.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

mansion bungalow country house chalet cottage

AaSpelling

vil·la

?Which word?

Keep the house words together: villa (a large house, often for holidays), mansion (a very large, impressive house), bungalow (a one-storey house), cottage (a small house in the countryside), chalet (a wooden house in the mountains), haveli (a traditional large mansion in north India).

घर के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: villa (बड़ा घर, प्रायः छुट्टियों के लिए), mansion (बहुत बड़ा प्रभावशाली घर, हवेली), bungalow (एक मंज़िला घर), cottage (गाँव का छोटा घर), chalet (पहाड़ों में लकड़ी का घर), haveli (उत्तर भारत का पारंपरिक बड़ा भवन)।

Keep apart villa (a house) and village (a small community in the countryside).

Villa (घर) और village (गाँव) को अलग रखिए।