vista4 definitions found vista - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Vista \Vis"ta\, n.; pl. Vistas. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See View, Vision.] A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. [1913 Webster] The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. --Burke. [1913 Webster] The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] vista - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) : vista n 1: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] vista - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : Vista, CA (city, FIPS 82996) Location: 33.18878 N, 117.23822 W Population (1990): 71872 (27418 housing units) Area: 46.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92083, 92084 Vista, MO (village, FIPS 76390) Location: 37.98879 N, 93.66383 W Population (1990): 50 (25 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) vista - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 40 Moby Thesaurus words for "vista": airscape, cityscape, cloudscape, command, domination, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, field of view, field of vision, horizon, ken, landscape, limit of vision, line of sight, lookout, naked eye, outlook, outlook over, panorama, perspective, prospect, range, riverscape, scan, scape, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scope of vision, seascape, sight, sightliness, skyscape, survey, sweep, townscape, view, waterscape |