vista

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vista/ˈvɪstə/

▶noun

• 1 a pleasing view.

  ■ a long, narrow view as between rows of trees or buildings.

• 2 a mental view of an imagined future event or situation: vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him.

– origin C17: from Ital., lit. ‘view’.