Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balboa

2 senses of balboa

Sense 1
balboa -- (the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos)
       => Panamanian monetary unit -- (monetary unit in Panama)

Sense 2
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balboa -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> navigator -- (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)