Balboa
See also: balboa
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish, from Galician Balboa, from Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".
Proper noun edit
Balboa (plural Balboas)
- A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
- A town in Panama, formerly in the Panama Canal Zone.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Balboa f
- Valboa (a municipality of León, Castilla y León, Spain)
- Valboa (a parish of Monterroso, Lugo, Galicia)
- Valboa (a parish of Trabada, Lugo, Galicia)
- a toponymical surname
See also edit
- Balboa on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Balboa m or f by sense
- a surname from Galician