Dictionary Definition
vista n : the visual percept of a region; "the
most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn:
view, aspect, prospect, scene, panorama]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- /'vɪstə/
Noun
Translations
A distant view or prospect
- Finnish: näköala
- Portuguese: vista
A site offering such a view
- Finnish: näköala
- Portuguese: vista
Icelandic
Italian
Etymology
From vista, past participle of the verb videre.Adjective
vista sVerb
vista- feminine singular past participle of vedere
Latvian
Noun
vistaEtymology
From the hypothetical *|vista, from viderePronunciation
- /'bista/
Derived terms
See also
Verb form
- defn Spanish
Extensive Definition
Vista usually refers to a distant view.
Vista may also refer to:
Software
- Windows Vista, a version of the Microsoft Windows operating system released in 2006/2007
- Vista Transformation Pack, software created by Windows X to transform Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 into Windows Vista-based graphical interface
- Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), an electronic medical records system used by healthcare facilities of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and others
- WebCT Vista, a learning management system from Blackboard Inc.
- Vista and VistaPro, Amiga 3D landscape generation software
- AltaVista, an Internet search engine
Organizations and institutions
- Vista Community College, now Berkeley City College, a community college in Berkeley, California, USA
- Vista University, a now-closed South African university
- Volunteers in Service to America
- Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority, a public transportation agency in Ventura County, California, USA
- Vista Federal Credit Union, now merged with Partners Federal Credit Union, a credit union that serves employees of The Walt Disney Company
- BadVista, an FSF-initiated campaign against Windows Vista
Places
- Vista, South Australia, Australia
- Vista, California, USA
- Vista, Missouri, USA
- Vista, New Mexico, USA
- Vista, New York, USA
- Vista, North Carolina, USA
- Vista, Texas, USA
- Vista, Utah, USA
- Vista, Washington, USA
- Vista Center, New Jersey, USA
- Vista Hundred, Sweden
- Vista West, Wyoming, USA
- Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
- Buona Vista, Singapore
- Chula Vista, California, USA
- La Vista, Nebraska, USA
- Mount Vista, Washington, USA
- Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA
- Lake Buena Vista, Florida, home to Walt Disney World Resort
- Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Persons
- Natalia Boa Vista, a character in CSI: Miami
Vehicles
- Thomas Vista, a school bus produced by Thomas Built Buses until 1998
- Toyota Vista, a passenger car produced by Toyota until 2003
- Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, a station wagon produced by Oldsmobile until 1977
- Mitsubishi Chariot, also known as Dodge / Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon, a compact MPV licensed from Mitsubishi
- Eagle Vista, a rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage sold under the Eagle brand from 1988-1992
- F-16 VISTA, a variant of the Lockheed-Martin F-16 fighter aircraft range with thrust vector control (TVC)
Miscellaneous
- Vista (Middle-earth), a part of the atmosphere that surrounds the world of Arda in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien
- VISTA (telescope), Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- VISTA (economics), Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, Argentina as a group of emerging economies
- Vista, the annual management festival of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- VistaVision, a 35mm motion picture film format
- Vista, chicken in Latvian language.
vista in Bulgarian: Виста (пояснение)
vista in German: Vista
vista in French: Vista
vista in Korean: 비스타
vista in Italian: Vista
vista in Hungarian: Vista
vista in Japanese: ビスタ
vista in Polish: Vista
vista in Portuguese: Vista
vista in Russian: Vista
vista in Slovak: Vista
vista in Swedish: Vista
vista in Chinese: Vista
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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