Vila

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Vila f

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

• Vila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nymphalidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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.

Borrowed from Spanish Vila.

Vila (plural Vilas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vila is the 10615^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3016 individuals. Vila is most common among Hispanic/Latino (70.29%) and White (22.21%) individuals.

• Vila Vila

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vila”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• LAIV, VALI, Vail, Vali, Vial, vail, vali, vial

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Port Vila

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Vila

1. Port Vila (the capital city of Vanuatu)

   Synonym: Port Vila

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Vila f

1. A small town in Encamp parish, Andorra

From vila (“village”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbila̝/

Vila f

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

• Vila on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• “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.