balboa

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

Named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa. See also Balboa.

THE END OF BALBOA .................. — South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure, Cyrus Townsend Brady
Balboa then crossed the Isthmus of Panama. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

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