Balboa

[ bal-boh-uh; Spanish bahl-baw-ah ]

noun

1. Vas·co Nú·ñez de [vahs, -kaw , noo, -nyeth , th, e], 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
2. a seaport in Panama at the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal.
3. balboa, a silver coin and monetary unit of Panama, equal to 100 centesimos.

balboa

¹

/ bælˈbəʊə /

noun

1. the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos

Balboa

²

/ bælˈbəʊə; balˈβoa /

noun

1. a port in Panama at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal: the administrative centre of the former Canal Zone. Pop: 2750 (1990)

Balboa

³

/ balˈβoa; bælˈbəʊə /

noun

1. BalboaVasco Núñez de?14751519MSpanishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513

Word History and Origins

Origin of Balboa¹

named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Example Sentences

Palisades junior Anna Song repeats as the CIF City Section individual girls’ golf champion after finishing with a bogey-free 68 at Balboa Golf Course.

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At a Philadelphia rally outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, by the steps where Rocky Balboa ran in the “Rocky” movie franchise, she implored a raucous crowd to make a plan to vote.

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You’ll end your sojourn along the ritzy marina of Newport Beach and Balboa Island.

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“I used to go to the old Balboa Stadium, which is just a half-mile from our house where we live now, where the Chargers used to play on the weekends,” he said.

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Saturday, Newport Beach police received a call that a pedestrian had been hit by a car near Balboa Boulevard and Palm Street.

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