Rural homestead in the Roman world, traditionally of courtyard form with house, workshops and farm buildings Normally used by archaeologists to refer to substantial establishments of the well-to-do, country houses with associated farmsteads
pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard detached or semi-detached suburban house Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
It A country-home Sometimes used in the hotel industry to describe a small, separate suite or cottage
A villa is a fairly large house, especially one that is used for holidays in Mediterranean countries. Country estate, complete with house, grounds, and subsidiary buildings. The term particularly applies to the suburban summer residences of the ancient Romans and their later Italian imitators. Roman villas frequently were asymmetrical in plan and built with elaborate terracing on hillsides; they had long colonnades, towers, gardens with reflecting pools and fountains, and extensive reservoirs. In Britain the term has come to mean a small detached or semidetached suburban home. See also Hadrian's Villa, Andrea Palladio. Hadrian's Villa Katsura Imperial Villa Villa Pancho Villa Lobos Heitor