Other forms: panoramas
A panorama is a wide uninterrupted view. A panorama of the valley, take in the panorama, a panorama photograph.
The word was coined in 1792 for a specific invention: a huge circular painting in a purpose-built rotunda that surrounded the viewer entirely, which was the immersive entertainment of its day and drew enormous crowds.
1nounpanoramaA wide uninterrupted view.
“From the top of the tower, there's a stunning panorama of the whole city.”
panorama is a view.
Coined in 1792 by the painter Robert Barker from Greek pan, all, plus horama, a view.
Ancient Greek
ὅραμα — view
English, today
panorama
From pan Ancient Greek ὅραμα (“view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA