Dacha vs Villa - What's the difference?
dacha | villa |
a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside
* “The villages and holiday dacha settlements that hug the river reflect the divisions that have emerged here: Scattered amid the rundown houses of poor farmers and the modest weekend cottages of factory and office workers are the luxury getaways of those few who have made it big in the new world of “Wild East” capitalism.” — Los Angeles Times , December 5, 2005
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
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(UK) A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street.
(Ancient Rome) a country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
As nouns the difference between dacha and villa
is that dacha is a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside while villa is a house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.As a proper noun Villa is
Aston Villa Football Club, a football club based in Birmingham.dacha
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(wikipedia dacha)Alternative forms
* datchaNoun
(en noun)villa
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(wikipedia villa)Noun
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