Timbuktu became one of the most important capitals of Islam.
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Timbuktu
//tɪm.bʌkˈtuː//
Synonyms for "timbuktu" (47 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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Related words (23)
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49 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- Pofadder name (distant place)
- Putsonderwater name (distant place)
Arabic
1 entries- طَفْرَاوَى name (distant place)
Chinese
1 entries- 呂宋噶喇吧 /吕宋噶喇吧 name (distant place)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 廷巴克圖 /廷巴克图 name (city)
Czech
1 entries- Timbuktu name (city)
Danish
1 entries- Timbuktu name (distant place)
Dutch
4 entries- Timboektoe name (city)
- Timboektoe name (distant place)
- Tokio name (distant place)
- Verweggistan name (distant place)
Farefare
1 entries- Timbuktu name (city)
Finnish
3 entries- Huitsin Nevada name (distant place)
- Timbuktu name (city)
- hevonkuusi name (distant place)
French
4 entries- Houte-Si-Plou name (distant place)
- Pétaouchnock name (distant place)
- Tombouctou name (city)
- Tombouctou name (distant place)
Galician
3 entries- Cochinchina name (distant place)
- Pernambuco name (distant place)
- Quimbambas name (distant place)
German
3 entries- Buxtehude name (distant place)
- Bümpliz name (distant place)
- Timbuktu name (city)
Hausa
1 entries- Tàmbūtù name (city)
Hindi
4 entries- टिंबकटू name (city)
- टिंबकटू name (distant place)
- टिम्बकटू name (city)
- टिम्बकटू name (distant place)
Italian
2 entries- Canicattì name (distant place)
- Timbuctù name (distant place)
Koyra Chiini
1 entries- Tumbutu name (city)
Laz
1 entries- პეტრა name (distant place)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Bezdonys name (distant place)
N'Ko
1 entries- ߕߏ߲ߓߕߎ name (city)
Norwegian
1 entries- Bokn name (distant place)
Polish
1 entries- Timbuktu name (city)
Portuguese
2 entries- Cochinchina name (distant place)
- Tombuctu name (city)
Russian
2 entries- Тимбукту́ name (city)
- тьмутарака́нь name (distant place)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Hiort name (distant place)
Spanish
2 entries- Conchinchina name (distant place)
- Tombuctú name (city)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- Bagansiyapiyapi name (distant place)
- Kokodiako name (distant place)
Swedish
1 entries- Tjotahejti name (distant place)
Turkish
1 entries- Fizan name (distant place)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Timbuktu had an Islamic university.
Source: tatoeba (8781078)
Timbuktu had dozens of Quranic schools.
Source: tatoeba (8781079)
Timbuktu is a city in Mali.
Source: tatoeba (12268022)
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