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Balboa

Definition: Balboa

Balboa

Noun

1. The basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos.

2. Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "balboa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references)

Specialty Definition: Balboa

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The word "balboa", when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language:

Balboa (dance)
Balboa (currency), official currency of Panama
Balboa, a port city in Panama
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer

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Balboa (currency)

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The Balboa is the official currency of Panama. Its ISO 4217 code is PAB. It has been tied to the U.S. dollar (which is legal tender in Panama) at an exchange rate of 1:1 since 1903.

External links

Panama's Currency
Banking in Panama

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Balboa (dance move)

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Balboa is a dance named for the Balboa club, where it was invented.
Balboa moves are commonly used in Lindy hop, and in the mixture called Balswing.

Moves
Basic: Rock step step step, kick step step step, kick step step step, repeat
Spin:
Push and Pull: with twists
Crossovers:
Lollies:
Texas Tommy:

See Also
Lindy hop
Dance move
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Balboa (dance)

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Balboa is a complex form of a Swing Dance. It is danced with the Lead and follow dancing where their chests touch for a body lead connection. Balboa has many different forms. Some of the original Balboa dancers said this once "We can't tell you how to dance Balboa, but we can tell you when you are not dancing Balboa." The main types are single time Balboa, double time Balboa, and triple time Balboa.
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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (ca. 1475 - January 21, 1519) was a Spanish conquistador who founded the colony of Darién in Panama, the oldest still-existing European settlement in mainland America, and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Balboa sailed to Hispaniola in 1501 on an expedition under Rodrigo de Bastidas and Juan de la Cosa. During this voyage they crossed the Gulf of Urabá (on the coast of present-day Colombia), and saw the Native American village of Darién in present-day Panama. In Hispaniola, Balboa settled down as a planter. However, he soon amassed a large amount of debt, and to escape from his creditors stowed away on a supply ship headed for San Sebastian on the Gulf of Uraiba, hidden in a cask. The ship was commanded by Martín Fernández de Enciso.
While under way, they met Francisco Pizarro (the later conqueror of Peru), who lead the colony in San Sebastian and told them almost all members of the colony had been massacred by the local people. Enciso nevertheless decided to go on to San Sebastian, but his ship was wrecked, the men being rescued by Pizarro but all supplies and livestock being lost. The colony was found in ashes. Balboa, by now accepted as a crew member of Enciso's, convinced them to try again in the area around Darién.
They subdued the local population, started a colony and built a village. Balboa made the colonists reject both Enciso's authority and that of Diego de Nicuesa, who was sent to Darién as governor after Enciso had sought redress with King Ferdinand. Balboa became de facto leader of the colony. Both the colony and Balboa himself thrived under his policies, making friends with surrounding peoples, and subduing and looting those who did not want to. He heard of a great sea on the other side of the mountains, and a land of great wealth (Birú, the Inca empire) to the south of this sea. As he heard that the king wanted to send him back to be tried for his conduct towards Enciso and Nicuesa, he decided he had to move fast.
On September 1, 1513, he sailed to San Blas (a lucky choice, as it just happens to be the smallest point of the isthmus), and went south across the isthmus. As before he befriended the locals who were so inclined, and captured, tortured and looted those that remained hostile, thus gaining substantial treasure. Finally he reached a top from where he could see the Pacific Ocean. When the others had joined him a Te Deum was chanted, a cross erected, and the sea was christened Mar del Sur (South Sea). He pushed on to the edge of the ocean, and Balboa claimed the ocean and all adjacent lands for Spain.
On the road back they captured a Native American chief called Tubanama and got a huge ransom, but some members almost died of hunger because they had loaded treasure in preference to provisions. On January 18, 1514, Balboa was back in Darién.
While Balboa was away, Pedro Arias de Ávila (generally known as Pedrarias) had been sent to Darién as a governor. Although this time Balboa did not oppose him openly, tension between them remained, Pedrarias being envious because Balboa was much more popular than himself. Balboa embarked on a new, courageous expedition by building ships on the Pacific coast. The transport of the materials across the isthmus cost the lives of many native slaves. Balboa made one expedition with the ships, to the Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama. He tried to head south from there, but found the wind unfavorable.
Pedrarias, being convinced that Balboa wanted to establish a government of his own on the west coast, had him arrested and tried for treason. Under pressure of Pedrarias Balboa was convicted and sentenced to death, and on January 21, 1519 Balboa was beheaded. Original version (copied with permission)
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Synonym: Balboa

Synonym: Vasco Nunez de Balboa (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Balboa

Non-English Usage: "Balboa" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (Balboa).

Modern Usage: Balboa

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	: I reject the challenge, 'cause Balboa is no challenge, but I'll be happy to beat up on him some more (Rocky III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone)
Movie/TV Titles	The Baileys of Balboa (1964) Balboa (1986)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Balboa

Domain	Title
Books	Balboa : Conquistador : The Soul-Odyssey of Vasco Nunez, Discoverer of the Pacific (reference) Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio (reference) Photosecrets Balboa Park (reference) The Magic of Balboa Park: Special Millennium Edition (reference) The Romance of Balboa Park (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Balboa

Photo Album: Balboa

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The view from the fuel pier at Balboa. Credit: Small World.		The bow of the McARTHUR at the Balboa fuel pier. Credit: Small World.
	Off Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, 6 January 1943. Credit: NAVY.		"Full-dressed" with flags in honor of Navy Day while moored at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, 27 October 1934. USS Truxtun (DD-229) is in the left foreground. Nearest ship in the left center background is USS Barry (DD-248). Credit: NAVY.
	Several rows of civil rights activists, many holding hands, march down Chicago's Balboa Drive to protest school segregation. Credit: Library of Congress.		Balboa, C.Z. [i.e. Canal Zone]. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Balboa Heights, C.Z. [i.e. Canal Zone]. Credit: Library of Congress.		Oldsters playing shuffleboard at Balboa Park, California. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Game of vogue. Balboa Park, California. Credit: Library of Congress.		Balboa Bathing Parade, 1925. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Digital Photo Gallery: Balboa


"Prado Stairway" by Larry Silva Commentary: "A really cool hallway in Balboa Park, San Diego."	"Bars" by Jonathan Patt Commentary: "The bars forming the structure of the Botanical Garden building in San Diego's Balboa Park."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Non-Fiction Usage: Balboa

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Panama	In recent years, Panama's traditional main ports, Cristobal on the Atlantic and Balboa on the Pacific, have been privatized. (references)
	Panama	The U.S. embassy in Panama is located at Avenida Balboa y Calle 38, Panama City (tel: 507-207-7000). Personal and official mail for the embassy and members of the mission may be sent to: U.S. Embassy Panama, Unit 0945, APO AA 34002. (references)
	Panama	Also finished was a new road in northwestern Panama to the fast growing province of Bocas del Toro, the expansion of the Manzanillo International Terminal, a U.S. container port facility; and development of the Balboa port by Hutchinson Port Holdings (Hong Kong). (references)
Political Economy	PANAMA	The balboa circulates in coins only. (references)
	PANAMA	Panama's official currency, the balboa, is pegged to the dollar at a 1:1 ratio. (references)
	Panama	The service-oriented economy uses the U.S. dollar as currency, calling it the Balboa. (references)
Travel	Panama	The official currency of Panama is the Balboa (symbol B/.) which is the same as the U.S. Dollar. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Balboa

"Balboa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Balboa" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	94.74%	54	46,184
Noun (singular)	5.26%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	57	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Name Usage Frequency: Balboa

The following table summarizes the usage of "balboa" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Balboa	Last name	400	19,322
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expression: Balboa

Expression using "balboa": Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Balboa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
balboa	1,265	balboa bay club resort	21
balboa park	457	balboa de nuñez vasco	20
rocky balboa	340	balboa spa	20
balboa island	158	balboa island ca	19
balboa park san diego	149	balboa capital	17
balboa bay club	76	balboa fun zone	16
balboa insurance	64	balboa park inn	16
balboa naval hospital	48	balboa pic rocky	15
vasco nunez de balboa	42	balboa park prado	15
balboa picture rocky	38	balboa insurance company	14
balboa beach	34	balboa rocky wallpaper	14
balboa high school	33	balboa island california	14
balboa hospital	32	balboa park san diego ca	13
balboa park museum	29	balboa boat sail	13
balboa inn	26	balboa club yacht	13
balboa instrument	24	balboa pavilion	12
balboa casualty life	24	balboa island rental	12
balboa park golf course	24	balboa theater	12
lake balboa	22	balboa california	12
balboa course golf	21	balboa record	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Balboa

Language		Translations for "balboa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		balboa-code ISO (balboa-ISO code), PAB (balboa-ISO code). (various references)

Greek		μπαλμπόα Παναμά (balboa-ISO code), παναμαϊκή μπαλμπόα (balboa-ISO code). (various references)

Pig Latin		alboabay.(various references)

Spanish		Balboa. (various references)

Ukrainian		Бальбоа. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: Balboa

Derivations
	Words beginning with "balboa": balboas. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Balboa"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "balboa" (pronounced bÄlbō"u)
3	-b ō" u	boa.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Balboa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-l-o"
	-2 letters: abba, alba, baal, baba, blab, blob, bola.
	-3 letters: aal, aba, abo, ala, alb, baa, bal, boa, bob, lab, lob.
	-4 letters: aa, ab, al, ba, bo, la, lo.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-l-o"
	+1 letter: balboas.
	+2 letters: boatable.
	+4 letters: abominable, abominably, absorbable, adsorbable, blackboard, obtainable.
	+5 letters: abolishable, amobarbital, barbarously, bibliomania, blackboards.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art

9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Expressions

13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes

17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography

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