Vila

See also: vila

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Vila f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies of South America.

References

English

Proper noun

Vila

  1. (informal) Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu.
    • 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 27:
      When it became obvious that Vila would be the capital of the New Hebrides, Dr H. Bolton from Edinburgh was appointed to the mission and, in 1911, Paton Memorial Hospital was built.

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Vila f

  1. A small town in the parish of Encamp, Andorra

Galician

Etymology

From vila (“village”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbila̝/

Proper noun

Vila f

  1. a large number of villages and parishes throughout Galicia
  2. A toponymical surname​.

See also

References
  • “Vila” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Vila” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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