Timbuktu

• Timbuctoo, Timbouctou, Timbuctu, Timbuktoo

Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/

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Timbuktu

1. A city in central Mali.
2. (figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.

   Synonyms: Outer Mongolia, Faroffistan

   You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.

   • 1970, The Aristocats (motion picture):

     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.

Timbuktu n (indeclinable)

1. Timbuktu (a city in Mali)

• “Timbuktu”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

From German Timbuktu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimbuktu/, [ˈt̪imbukt̪u]
• Rhymes: -imbuktu
• Syllabification^(key): Tim‧buk‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): Tim‧buk‧tu

Timbuktu

1. Timbuktu

Timbuktu f

1. alternative form of Tombuctu

Timbuktu ?

1. alternative form of Tombuctú