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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)