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Balboa
[ bal-boh-uh; Spanish bahl-baw-ah ]
noun
- Vas·co Nú·ñez de [vahs, -kaw , noo, -nyeth , th, e], 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/ æˈəʊə /
noun
- the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos
Balboa
2/ balˈβoa; æˈəʊə /
noun
- BalboaVasco Núñez de?14751519MSpanishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
Balboa
3/ 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)
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Balboa1
Example Sentences
“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.
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.
A Rocky Balboa quote loved by many, but lived by Allison Angell, the first person in the UK to have four major organs replaced.
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.
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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