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Timbuktu en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/ (US)

Etymology

Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.

Meanings

  1. A city in central Mali.
  2. (figuratively) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
    • Now, my little pesky pets, you're going to travel first-class in your own private compartment all the way to Timbuktu. And this time, you'll never come back. 1970, The Aristocats (motion picture):
    • You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Timbuctoo alternative lexicographic
Timbuktoo alternative lexicographic
Timbouctou alternative lexicographic
Timbuctu alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

Faroffistan · Outer Mongolia

Translations (50)

tr Fizan (distant place) · it Canicattì (distant place) · gl Quimbambas (distant place) · fi Huitsin Nevada (distant place) · gl Pernambuco (distant place) · af Putsonderwater (distant place) · de Buxtehude (distant place) · it Timbuctù (distant place) · ar طَفْرَاوَى (distant place) · de Timbuktu (city) · fi Timbuktu (city) · hi टिम्बकटू (distant place) · khq Tumbutu (city) · fr Tombouctou (distant place) · fr Houte-Si-Plou (distant place) · nan-hbl 呂宋噶喇吧 /吕宋噶喇吧 (distant place) · ru тьмутарака́нь (distant place) · pt Tombuctu (city) · ha Tàmbūtù (city) · fr Pétaouchnock (distant place) · hi टिंबकटू (distant place) · hi टिंबकटू (city) · lt Bezdonys (distant place) · nqo ߕߏ߲ߓߕߎ (city) · cs Timbuktu (city) · nl Timboektoe (city) · fr Tombouctou (city) · lzz პეტრა (distant place) · pl tam, gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc (distant place) · hi टिम्बकटू (city) · nl Verweggistan (distant place) · cmn 廷巴克圖 /廷巴克图 (city) · pt Cochinchina (distant place) · da Timbuktu (distant place) · fi hevonkuusi (distant place) · no Bokn (distant place) · srn Kokodiako (distant place) · sv Tjotahejti (distant place) · ru Тимбукту́ (city) · pl Timbuktu (city) · af Pofadder (distant place) · es Conchinchina (distant place) · nl Timboektoe (distant place) · srn Bagansiyapiyapi (distant place) · gl Cochinchina (distant place) · es Tombuctú (city) · gur Timbuktu (city) · gd Hiort (distant place) · de Bümpliz (distant place) · nl Tokio (distant place)

wikipedia: Timbuktu#Toponymy