Balboa

/bælˈboʊə/
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Other forms: Balboas

Definitions of Balboa
  1. 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)
    synonyms: Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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    navigator
    in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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