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panorama

  • /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/ UK
  • /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/ UK
  • /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/ Canada, US
  • [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɛəm.ə] Canada, US
  • /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/ Canada, US
  • [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɑː.mə] Canada, US
  • /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/ Australia
  • /ˌpæn.əˈɹaː.mə/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɑːmə

Where it comes from

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”).

Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

noun panoramas · panoramata

  1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area. He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
  2. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
  3. figuratively A comprehensive survey.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cyclorama, diorama, vista, scene, aspect, prospect, view, landscape, scenery, picture, skyline, horizon, widescreen, exposition, stage, perspective

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Every language

noun unbroken view of an entire surrounding area

Españolpanorama
한국어파노라마 panorama, 전경 jeon'gyeong
日本語パノラマ panorama, 全景 zenkei
中文全景 quánjǐng
हिन्दीपरिदृश्य paridŕśya
Portuguêspanorama
Françaispanorama
DeutschPanorama, Rundblick
Ελληνικάπανόραμα panórama
Русскийпанора́ма panoráma
Tiếng Việttoàn cảnh
العربيةبَانُورَامَا bānūrāmā, بَانُورَامَا banuramā

noun picture representing a continuous scene

Españolpanorama
Portuguêspanorama
Françaispanorama
DeutschPanorama
Ελληνικάπανόραμα panórama

noun figurative: comprehensive survey

Portuguêspanorama
Françaispanorama
Italianopanorama

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@misc{panorama_2026,
  title = {panorama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panorama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}