"Vista" meaning in English

See Vista in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Spanish vista (“view”). One settler in the Vista area, John A. Frazier, applied to open the first post office and after several attempts to name the city (Frazier and Buena Vista were already taken), Frazier finally chose the name Vista. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|vista|t=view}} Spanish vista (“view”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Vista
  1. A city in San Diego County, California, United States. Categories (place): Cities in California, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Vista-en-name-AO-Q3TDs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Microsoft Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Microsoft: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From vista. Etymology templates: {{from|en|vista}} vista Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Vista
  1. (computing) Ellipsis of Windows Vista. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Windows Vista
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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