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  Balboa

  noun

  Vasco Núñez de 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
• balboa
  balboa

  noun

  the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos

Balboa

American  

[bal-boh-uh, bahl-baw-ah] / bælˈboʊ ə, bɑlˈbɔ ɑ /

noun

1. Vasco Núñez de 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.

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Balboa ¹ British  

/ balˈβoa, bælˈbəʊə /

noun

1. Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513

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Balboa ² British  

/ 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)

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balboa ³ British  

/ bælˈbəʊə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of balboa

named after Vasco Núñez de _Balboa

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Example Sentences

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Standing barefoot outside his home at 8th Street and Balboa Boulevard, holding a cup of coffee, Ross Stewart, 79, stared at the gray sky and at the berms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Posting on its account on X, the City of Newport Beach advised people to "avoid the Balboa Peninsula due to street flooding caused by recent storm conditions and elevated tides".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Streets on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach were flooded with at least a foot of water during high tides, with police advising residents and motorists to avoid the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Walton went on to appear in Amazon drama Utopia and Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, and even found himself working alongside the man behind cinema's most famous boxer Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, in Samaritan.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

He promised to join Molly and the children in Balboa within the week.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Many currencies, from the Hong Kong dollar to the Panama balboa, are pegged against the dollar for similar reasons.

From Reuters ● May 25, 2023

Plus I am interested in that era – I like jazz, and dance swing and balboa.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2017

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