villa
Example Sentences
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His first major discovery was of a grand Roman villa estate near Northampton, and that was followed by an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
From BBC
Images from Bako’s baby shower were set in a 14,000-square-foot rental villa on one of Dubai’s palm islands, which markets itself as offering eight luxury bathrooms, VIP suites and a “massive assorted candy wall.”
Ditto for Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s encounter with wolves in the garden of his villa in Vermont, or Ruhollah Khomeini’s fatwa on Salman Rushdie.
The couple often holidayed in Pesaro, where Pavarotti had a villa and was an honorary citizen.
From BBC
In the past, deposed dictators “went to Europe and bought villas on the French Riviera,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
