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vis⋅ta

[vis-tuh]
–noun
1. a view or prospect, esp. one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
2. such an avenue or passage, esp. when formally planned.
3. a far-reaching mental view: vistas of the future.

Origin:
1650–60; < It: a view, n. use of fem. of visto (ptp. of vedere to see < L vidēre)


vis⋅ta⋅less, adjective


1. See view. 3. prospect, outlook, vision.

Vis⋅ta

[vis-tuh]
–noun
a town in SW California. 35,834.

VISTA

[vis-tuh]
–noun
a national program in the U.S., sponsored by ACTION, for sending volunteers into poor areas to teach various job skills.

Origin:
V(olunteers) i(n) S(ervice) t(o) A(merica)
vis·ta   (vĭs'tə)   
n.  
    1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
    2. An avenue or other passage affording such a view.
  1. An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: "the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up" (Arthur C. Danto).

[Italian, from feminine past participle of vedere, to see, from Latin vidēre; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
vis'taed (-təd) adj.
Vis·ta   (vĭs'tə)   
A city of southern California north of San Diego. It is a resort and agricultural area. Population: 95,000.
VISTA   (vĭs'tə)   
abbr.  Volunteers In Service To America

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.

The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. --Thomson.

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. --Burke.

The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. --Sir W. Scott.
Language Translation for : vista
Spanish: alojar, acuartelar,
German: einquartieren,
Japanese: 宿舎を割当てる

vista 
1644, "a view or prospect," from It. vista "sight, view," noun use of fem. p.p. of vedere "see," from L. videre "to see" (see vision).
VISTA
Volunteers in Service to America
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