Balboa

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Balboa (plural Balboas)

  1. A surname from Spanish .
  2. A town in Panama, formerly in the Panama Canal Zone.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Balboa is the 12339th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2520 individuals. Balboa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.23%) and White (11.15%) individuals.

Galician

Holy Savior's church, Valboa, Monterroso

Etymology

From Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Balboa f

  1. Valboa (a municipality of León, Castilla y León, Spain)
  2. Valboa (a parish of Monterroso, Lugo, Galicia)
  3. Valboa (a parish of Trabada, Lugo, Galicia)
  4. a toponymical surname

See also

References

  • “Balboa” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Valboa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Valboa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Spanish

Etymology

From Galician Balboa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balˈboa/
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: Bal‧bo‧a

Proper noun

Balboa m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician
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