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• Villa — /vee euh/; Sp. /bee yah/, n. Francisco /frddahn sees kaw/, (Doroteo Arango, Pancho Villa ), 1877 1923, Mexican general and revolutionist. * * * I Country estate, complete with house, grounds, and subsidiary buildings. The term particularly… …   Universalium

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