vista

Meaning

Noun

1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
2. A site offering such a view.
3. A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

Verb

To make a vista or landscape of.

Synonyms

view

prospect

scenery

scene

outlook

distant view

sight

landscape

panorama

perspective

aspect

interstice

lacuna

lacunae

loophole

mouth

opening

panoramic view

prospective

rent

slot

space

vision

space character

avenue

background

beholding

blank

chink

cranny

crevice

foreground

gap

hole

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪstə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō (“I see”). Compare vision, video, visa.