Timbuktu

//tɪm.bʌkˈtuː// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in central Mali.
  2. 2
    Any proverbially distant or remote place. figuratively

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

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antipodesback of beyondbackwaterboondocksbumfuckbumfuck nowhere

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"Timbuktu became one of the most important capitals of Islam."

Etymology

Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.

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