Balboa
Americannoun
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Vasco Núñez de 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
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a seaport in Panama at the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal.
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balboa, a silver coin and monetary unit of Panama, equal to 100 centesimos.
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Etymology
Origin of balboa
named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Example Sentences
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They lured me to the Balboa Cafe for dinner and wine.
From Los Angeles Times
Nevertheless, in January, the country's supreme court had declared as "unconstitutional" the contract which had allowed Hutchison to manage the ports of Balboa on the Pacific and Cristobal on the Atlantic since 1997.
From Barron's
Or maybe one evening after supper, Balboa stood up and said, “Excuse me now, folks. I’m going to search for the Pacific Ocean.”
From Literature
Panama’s Supreme Court of Justice declared late Thursday that two government contracts to operate ports at the mouths of the Panama Canal—Balboa on the Pacific and Cristóbal on the Atlantic—are unconstitutional.
On Friday, the AMP said port operator APM Terminals, part of the Maersk Group, would be a "temporary administrator" of the Balboa and Cristobal ports on either end of the waterway.
From Barron's
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