Timbuktu

[ tim-buhk-too, tim-buhk-too ]

/ ˌtɪm bʌkˈtu, tɪmˈbʌk tu /

noun

a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River. French Tombouctou.

any faraway place.

Example sentences from the Web for timbuktu

Perhaps inevitably, the women of Timbuktu were singled out for special persecution.

Women in Timbuktu Were Singled Out During al Qaeda Occupation |The Telegraph |February 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Lankester said that many of his Tuareg employees have left Timbuktu, Gao, and the surrounding cities.

Mali: Islamists Destroy Historic City of Timbuktu |Paula Froelich |July 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Plus, Blake Gopnik on whether destroying Timbuktu's heritage is un-Islamic.

Mali: Islamists Destroy Historic City of Timbuktu |Paula Froelich |July 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Sonni Ali was a soldier and began his career with the conquest of Timbuktu in 1469.

The Negro |W.E.B. Du Bois

Timbuktu's day lasted but two or three hundred years at most.

Black Man's Burden |Dallas McCord Reynolds
Yet in the eighteenth century the Niger and Timbuktu were still a mystery.

A Book of Discovery |Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge
The remarkable features of Timbuktu are, then, its situation and its trade.

From Pole to Pole |Sven Anders Hedin
It is curious to note what a burst of interest was aroused in England at this time with regard to Timbuktu.

A Book of Discovery |Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge

British Dictionary definitions for timbuktu

Timbuktu

/ (ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː) /

noun

a town in central Mali, on the River Niger: terminus of a trans-Saharan caravan route; a great Muslim centre (14th–16th centuries). Pop: 31 973 (1998) French name: Tombouctou

any distant or outlandish place from here to Timbuktu

Cultural definitions for timbuktu (1 of 2)

Timbuktu

[ (tim-buk-tooh) ]

A remote town in western Africa. Figuratively, it is a faraway and unknown place.

Cultural definitions for timbuktu (2 of 2)

Timbuktu

[ (tim-buk-tooh) ]

City in central Mali, in western Africa, near the Niger River.

notes for Timbuktu

By the fourteenth century, it was famous for its gold trade.

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