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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

/ æˈəʊə /

noun

  1. the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Balboa

2

/ balˈβoa; æˈəʊə /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Balboa

3

/ æˈəʊə; 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of Balboa1

named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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“I started playing softball when I was 6 but I transitioned to basketball when I was around 10,” said Fort, who played club for Balboa Hills last summer.

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Two of the five ports adjacent to the canal, Balboa and Cristóbal, which sit on the Pacific and Atlantic sides respectively, have been operated by a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings since 1997.

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A Rocky Balboa quote loved by many, but lived by Allison Angell, the first person in the UK to have four major organs replaced.

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The actor called Trump a "mythical character" and "the second George Washington" in a short speech that also compared the incoming president to Stallone's Rocky Balboa.

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At 11:45 a.m., a mandatory evacuation order was downgraded to an evacuation warning for Balboa Boulevard at the 5 Freeway to Tampa Avenue; Session Boulevard to Sunshine Canyon Road.

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