Etymology

balboa

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Spanish Balboa ← Galician Balboa ← Latin vallis
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balboa · noun1

Named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa. See also Balboa.

Balboa · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromvallis
  2. Galician · derived fromBalboa
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromBalboa
  4. English todayBalboa

From Spanish Balboa, from Galician Balboa, from Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".

Words from the same roots

Latinvallis all →

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