Balboa

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Balboa may refer to:

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, for whom are named:
  • Balboa, California also called Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California
  • Balboa, Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia
  • Balboa High School (San Francisco)
  • Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California
  • Balboa (lunar crater)
  • Balboa (dance), a close embrace style of swing dancing
  • Balboa, Panama, a port city in Panama
  • Balboa Park, one of several parks, including:
    • Balboa Park, San Diego, California
    • Balboa Park, San Francisco, California
  • Panamanian balboa, the official currency of Panama
• Chrysochlamys, a genus of plants
• Rocky Balboa (character), protagonist of the Rocky film series
• Balboa, the merged tribe name in Survivor: Pearl Islands
• Balboa, a probe featured in Alien Planet
• Javier Balboa, Spanish football player
• Balboa (band), a hardcore band from Philadelphia