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skyscape

American  
[skahy-skeyp] / ˈskaɪˌskeɪp /

noun

  1. a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.

  2. a picture representing this.


skyscape British  
/ ˈskaɪˌskeɪp /

noun

  1. a painting, drawing, photograph, etc, representing or depicting the sky

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of skyscape

First recorded in 1810–20; sky + -scape

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Her predecessor, Sir Richard Leese, was in charge for more than a quarter of a century, taking in an era including Britpop, the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the soaring city skyscape.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

That’s so far from the Singapore we think of today, this super clean, modern, sanitized, really “advanced” place — the Singapore of the “Crazy Rich Asians” image of a glittering skyscape.

From Seattle Times Apr. 5, 2023

In Gibraltar, an ever-present lenticular cloud known as the “Levanter” is a staple of the city’s skyscape.

From Washington Post Jan. 22, 2023

The architecture of Bunker Hill is dismissed as “a Miesian skyscape raised to dementia.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2022

The bottle careens and thuds to the carpet, ink pours down over the skyscape, veiling Mrs. Smeath in Parker’s Washable Blue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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