In Latin, this is where we find the etymological origin of the word villa, which we are now going to analyze in depth. We discovered specifically that it emanates from the term villa, which can be translated as “country house”.
Vila is a term with various uses associated with different types of populations and particular styles of housing. In its classical sense, a village is a population that enjoys privileges that differentiate it from villages or towns, but that is not considered a city. It is, therefore, a kind of population center that emerged in the Middle Ages. Artisans and merchants lived in medieval towns, differing from rural settlers. Most of these towns managed to evolve both in infrastructure and in number of inhabitants until they became cities.
On the other hand, a villa is a recreational house located in an isolated place, usually in the countryside. For example: “The businessman retired to his retirement home after making several business agreements”, “My employer’s house has a large number of wooded hectares and a large swimming pool”. In Argentina, the notion of city is used to name the neighborhood of precarious housing and poor infrastructure. The original concept spoke of a favela (coined by Bernardo Verbitsky in one of his books), although in everyday language it is simply called a villa. Towns are usually located in or around big cities and are formed from migration (with people coming from different cities or countries in search of work). In addition to all this, we cannot help but notice that it is common in the colloquial field to use the term country house. It is an expression that defines what the municipality of any municipality is. Likewise, there is also what is known as the university of the city and the land. This expression, however, was more typical of past centuries and was used to refer specifically to the set of neighborhoods that maintained a bond of union by being under the same representation. Of course, we cannot ignore the expression village pawn either. It is used to refer to a man who works in the construction industry, specifically as a bricklayer. Villa is also a very common surname. Pancho Villa (Mexican revolutionary leader who died in 1923) and David Villa (Spanish soccer player) are some of the personalities who bear this surname. The latter is an Asturian athlete who plays as a striker in the Spanish Section, of which he is the top scorer in its entire history, and who currently plays for Atlético de Madrid, although he has also been part of FC Barcelona and Valencia CF.
Among its vast history, trophies such as two Spanish League championships, a European Cup, a Club World Cup, a Copa del Rey, a World Cup or a European Championship stand out. All this without forgetting a series of personal recognitions such as the Silver Boot of the 2010 World Cup.
