Balboa

See also: balboa

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

Derived terms

• Balboa Heights

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Balboa is the 12339^th 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

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

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

• Balboa on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

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.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Valboa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

Etymology

From Galician Balboa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Balboa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician