vasco nunez de balboa

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   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)

   SynonymsBalboa

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Questions about vasco nunez de balboa

What does vasco nunez de balboa mean?

vasco nunez de balboa means "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)".

What is another word for vasco nunez de balboa?

Close synonyms include Balboa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vasco nunez de balboa a common word?

vasco nunez de balboa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.