Timbuktu en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.
Meanings
- A city in central Mali.
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timbuctoo | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Timbuktoo | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Timbouctou | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Timbuctu | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
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)