balboa


Definition: Meaning of, balboa in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / balˈbəʊə /

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balboa balboas
  1. the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos
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Balboa


Definition: Meaning of, Balboa in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / /

  • noun
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  • antonym
Word Forms:
Singular Plural
Balboa balboas
  1. 1475-1519 spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean
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Balboa used in phrases

  • Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de
    1. (?1475-1519) a Spanish EXPLORER who led the first lasting European town in South American, in Panama, in 1510. In 1513 he crossed the Isthmus of Panama and was the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, which he then claimed, along with all the coasts it touched, for Spain.
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa (noun)
    1. 1475-1519 spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean
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