Vista was a part of the atmosphere surrounding the world of Arda before the cataclysm at the end of the Second Age. It formed the inner layer of normal air: above it was Ilmen, and above that Vaiya.
Vista is the breathable air; within the top part are the clouds, and in the lower parts are the paths of birds.[1][2]
Etymology
In Quenya, the word Vista means "Inner Air".[2] It comes from the stem wis ("air").[3]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | فيستا |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Віста |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Виста |
| Chinese | 维斯塔 |
| Greek | Βίστα |
| Hebrew | ויסטה |
| Japanese | ビスタ |
| Kazakh | Виста (Cyrillic) Vista (Latin) |
| Korean | 비스타 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Виста |
| Malayalam | വിസ്റ്റ |
| Marathi | विस्टा |
| Newari | भिस्टा |
| Persian | ویستا |
| Russian | Виста |
| Serbian | Виста (Cyrillic) Vista (Latin) |
| Tatar | Виста |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Віста |
| Urdu | وسٹا |
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Introduction
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, V: "The Ambarkanta"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"