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bal·bo·a
(băl-bō′ə)n.
See Table at currency.
[After Vasco Núñez de Balboa.]
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Balboa
(bælˈbəʊə; Spanish balˈβoa)n
(Biography) Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
Balboa
(bælˈbəʊə; Spanish balˈβoa)n
(Placename) a port in Panama at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal: the administrative centre of the former Canal Zone. Pop: 2750 (1990)
balboa
(bælˈbəʊə)n
(Currencies) the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos
[named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa]
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Bal•bo•a
(bælˈboʊ ə)n., pl. -bo•as.
1. Vasco Núñez de, 1475?–1517, Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
2. (l.c.) the basic monetary unit of Panama.
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| Noun | 1. | balboa - the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos Panamanian monetary unit - monetary unit in Panama centesimo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile |
| 2. |  Balboa - Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) |
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