Definition of
Vista
- (noun, cognition) the visual percept of a region
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Alternate forms of Vista
Hyponyms: background, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, ground, middle distance, side view, tableau
Hypernyms: visual image, visual percept
Origin of the word 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). more
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