See also: balboa

English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Balboa (plural Balboas)

  1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
  2. A town in Panama, formerly in the Panama Canal Zone.

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Statistics

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  • 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

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Holy Savior's church, Valboa, Monterroso

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /balˈboa/ [bɑlˈβ̞o.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Hyphenation: Bal‧bo‧a

Proper noun

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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

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References

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  • 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.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Valboa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Galician Balboa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Balboa m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician