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Noun: balboa  bal'bow-u
  1. The basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos
    "The taxi fare was 5 balboas"
Noun: Balboa  bal'bow-u
  1. 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)
    - Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Derived forms: balboas

Type of: navigator, Panamanian monetary unit

Encyclopedia: Balboa, Panama Canal Zone