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   vista

   /ˈvɪstə/

   noun

   • 1. a pleasing view: "sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas"
   • ▪ a long, narrow view as between rows of trees or buildings, especially one closed by a building or other structure.
   • ▪ a mental view of a succession of remembered or anticipated events: "vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Italian, literally ‘view’, from visto ‘seen’, past participle of vedere ‘see’, from Latin videre.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vistaed adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

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