Timbuktu
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Timbuktu
- /tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/ US
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proper noun Timbuctoo · Timbouctou · Timbuctu · Timbuktoo
- A city in central Mali.
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Any proverbially distant or remote place.
You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.
Similar: Outer Mongolia, Faroffistan
Translations
Every language
name city
| Español | Tombuctú |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 廷巴克圖 /廷巴克图 Tíngbākètú |
| हिन्दी | टिम्बकटू ṭimbakṭū, टिंबकटू ṭimbakṭū |
| Português | Tombuctu |
| Français | Tombouctou |
| Deutsch | Timbuktu |
| Русский | Тимбукту́ Timbuktú |
name distant place
| Español | Conchinchina |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | टिम्बकटू ṭimbakṭū, टिंबकटू ṭimbakṭū |
| Português | Cochinchina |
| Français | Tombouctou, Pétaouchnock, Houte-Si-Plou |
| Deutsch | Buxtehude |
| Italiano | Canicattì, Timbuctù |
| Русский | тьмутарака́нь tʹmutarakánʹ |
| العربية | طَفْرَاوَى ṭafrāwā |
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title = {Timbuktu},
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