Bal·bo·a (b l-b   ), Vasco Núñez de 1475-1517. Spanish explorer and colonial governor who discovered (1513) the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain. |
| bal·bo·a (bl-b) n. See Table at currency. [After Vasco Núñez de Balboa.] |
balboa [bælˈbəʊə]
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(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos
[named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa (?1475-1519), Spanish explorer]
Balboa [bælˈbəʊə (Spanish) balˈβoa]
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(Placename) a port in Panama at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal: the administrative centre of the former Canal Zone. Pop.: 2750 (1990)
Balboa1
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(Biographies / Balboa, Vasco Núñez de (?1475-1519) M, Spanish, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475-1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
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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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