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VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA
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• VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA (noun)
The noun VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA has 1 sense:
1. Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
Familiarity information: VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA used as a noun is very rare.
• VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Balboa; Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
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