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Balboa
[bal-boh-uh, bahl-baw-ah]
noun
Vasco Núñez de 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
a seaport in Panama at the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal.
balboa, a silver coin and monetary unit of Panama, equal to 100 centesimos.
Balboa
1/ balˈβoa, æˈəʊə /
noun
Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
Balboa
2/ æˈəʊə, balˈβoa /
noun
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/ æˈəʊə /
noun
the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Balboa1
Example Sentences
The fire was reported shortly after noon near Victory and Balboa boulevards in Van Nuys and fire crews were able to stop the fire’s advance by 2 p.m., according to LAFD.
No, this park is not downtown like its more famous sibling, Balboa Park.
It was fitting Connor Koski clinched El Camino Real’s championship with a block on match point in Saturday night’s City Section Open Division boys volleyball final at Birmingham High in Lake Balboa.
The matchup was familiar and so was the outcome Thursday afternoon in the City Section Open Division boys’ tennis final at Balboa Sports Center in Encino.
A professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter who once described himself as Manchester's answer to Rocky Balboa has been jailed for dealing drugs and selling guns.
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