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Balboa

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Noun

1. balboa

the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos

2. balboa, vasco nunez de balboa

Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)

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Balboa

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noun
Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
noun
a port in Panama at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal: the administrative centre of the former Canal Zone. Pop: 2750 (1990)
noun
the standard currency unit of Panama, divided into 100 centesimos

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Balboa

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ˈVasˈco Núñez de (ˈvɑskɔˈnunjɛθ ðɛ ) ; väsˈk^ōno̅oˈnyet h the) 1475?-1519; Sp. explorer: 1st European to discover the Pacific Ocean (1513)
seaport in Panama, at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal: pop. 2,000
noun
the former basic monetary unit of Panama

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Balboa

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Spanish conquistador who crossed the isthmus of Panama (1513), claiming the Pacific Ocean and all surrounding lands for Spain.
n.
See Table at currency.

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