Balboa

[bæl'bəʊə] or [bæl'boə]

Definition

(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).

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

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