vista

Noun

Synonyms: view aspect prospect scene panorama

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the visual percept of a region“the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views”Synonyms: view aspect prospect scene panorama

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]