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Timbuktu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Timbuktu name A historic city in Mali, once a major centre of trade and Islamic scholarship.

Senses

Timbuktu is used for these senses in English:

  • Timbuktu (figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
  • Tuktoyaktuk (Canada, figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.

Timbuktu — full definition

  1. name A historic city in Mali, once a major centre of trade and Islamic scholarship.
  2. name Used figuratively for any extremely remote or hard-to-reach place.
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