/bal boh"euh/ ; Sp. /bahl baw"ah/ , n.
1. Vasco Núñez de /bahs"kaw nooh"nyeth dhe/ , 1475?-1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
2. a seaport in Panama at the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal. 2568.
3. ( l.c. ) a silver coin and monetary unit of Panama, equal to 100 centesimos.