Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness.
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Remoteness
Synonyms for "remoteness" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 23 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- адда́ленасць noun (quality of being remote)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отдалеченост noun (quality of being remote)
- усамотеност noun (quality of being remote)
Estonian
1 entries- kaugus noun (quality of being remote)
Finnish
1 entries- syrjäisyys noun (quality of being remote)
French
1 entries- éloignement noun (quality of being remote)
Georgian
3 entries- განცალკევებულობა noun (quality of being remote)
- დაშორებულობა noun (quality of being remote)
- სიშორე noun (quality of being remote)
German
1 entries- Abgelegenheit noun (quality of being remote)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- distánsya noun (quality of being remote)
Hindi
1 entries- दूरी noun (quality of being remote)
Irish
2 entries- ciandacht noun (quality of being remote)
- iargúltacht noun (quality of being remote)
Latin
2 entries- distantia noun (quality of being remote)
- longinquitās noun (quality of being remote)
Persian
1 entries- دوری noun (quality of being remote)
Polish
1 entries- oddalenie noun (quality of being remote)
Portuguese
1 entries- longinquidade noun (quality of being remote)
Russian
3 entries- да́льность noun (quality of being remote)
- отдалённость noun (quality of being remote)
- удалённость noun (quality of being remote)
Sanskrit
1 entries- परत्व noun (quality of being remote)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cian noun (quality of being remote)
Spanish
1 entries- lejanía noun (quality of being remote)
Swedish
1 entries- avlägsenhet noun (quality of being remote)
Tajik
1 entries- дурӣ noun (quality of being remote)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відда́леність noun (quality of being remote)
Urdu
1 entries- دوری noun (quality of being remote)
Welsh
2 entries- pellenigrwydd noun (quality of being remote)
- pellter noun (quality of being remote)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The remoteness of the island, where cars don't fit on the narrow streets and donkeys are the main mode of transport, has helped maintain its 650-year-old Swahili culture and traditions.
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Remoteness isn't measured in distance.
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It isn't by distance that remoteness is measured.
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