vista/ˈvɪstə/EtymologyBorrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.vista means A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.nounA distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.“The sun soon broke forth from that one dark cloud, gradually melting into light; and the sunbeams and the glittering rain went driving together through the forest glades—those long vistas, of which the slender deer seemed the sole habitants.”A site offering such a view.A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.“a vista of pleasure to come”verbTo make a vista or landscape of.“The night had now closed in, and its darkness was only relieved by the wan lamps that vistaed the streets, and a few dim stars that struggled through the reeking haze that curtained the great city.”nameA city in San Diego County, California, United States.