name
Meaning 1
A city in San Diego County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
vista
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈvɪstə/
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name
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of Windows Vista.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A site offering such a view.
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noun
Meaning 5
A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- a vista of pleasure to come
- dim vistas of the past
- Open up vistas of expansion into hitherto untapped markets.
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verb
Meaning 6
To make a vista or landscape of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 7
the visual percept of a region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: view, aspect, prospect, scene, panorama
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual percept, visual image
Narrower terms: background, ground, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, middle distance, side view, tableau
History
Etymology
From Spanish vista (“view”). One settler in the Vista area, John A. Frazier, applied to open the first post office and after several attempts to name the city (Frazier and Buena Vista were already taken), Frazier finally chose the name Vista.
From vista.
Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: далечен изглед (dalečen izgled) — distant view or prospect
- Bulgarian: перспектива (perspektiva) — distant view or prospect
- Danish: udsigt — distant view or prospect
- Danish: vue — distant view or prospect
- Dutch: uitzicht — distant view or prospect
- Finnish: näkymä — distant view or prospect
- French: vue — distant view or prospect
- Georgian: ხედი (xedi) — distant view or prospect
- Georgian: პერსპექტივა (ṗersṗekṭiva) — distant view or prospect
- German: Aussicht — distant view or prospect
- Greek: θέα (théa) — distant view or prospect
- Greek: προοπτική (prooptikí) — distant view or prospect
- Greek: άποψη (ápopsi) — distant view or prospect
- Hindi: नज़ारा (nazārā) — distant view or prospect
- Hindi: दृश्य (dŕśya) — distant view or prospect
- Italian: prospettiva — distant view or prospect
- Italian: vista — distant view or prospect
- Polish: widok — distant view or prospect
- Portuguese: vista — distant view or prospect
- Romanian: perspectivă — distant view or prospect
- Romanian: vedere — distant view or prospect
- Russian: вид (vid) — distant view or prospect
- Russian: перспекти́ва (perspektíva) — distant view or prospect
- Spanish: vista — distant view or prospect
- Swedish: utsikt — distant view or prospect
- French: point de vue — site offering such a view
- Portuguese: vista — site offering such a view
- Romanian: vedere — site offering such a view
- Spanish: vista — site offering such a view
- Finnish: näkymä — figuratively: vision
- Finnish: tulevaisuudennäkymä — figuratively: vision
- Finnish: mielikuva — figuratively: vision
- Greek: ορίζοντας (orízontas) — figuratively: vision
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