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bal·boa (bal bō′ə)

noun

the former basic monetary unit of Panama

Etymology: Sp, after Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Balboa1 definition

Bal·boa (bal bō′ə; Sp bäl bō̂′ä)

Balboa, Vasco Núñez de (väs′kō̂ no̵̅o̅′nyet̸h t̸he) 1475?-1519; Sp. explorer: 1st European to discover the Pacific Ocean (1513)
Balboa2 definition

Bal·boa (bal bō′ə)

seaport in Panama, at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal: pop. 2,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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