Timbuktu
a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River.: French Tombouctou.
any faraway place.
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How to use Timbuktu in a sentence
What I particularly liked about that story was that it started in Timbuktu —the jumping-off place was Timbuktu.
Tim Cahill Is an Outside Legend. Thank Goodness He Didn’t Die. | jversteegh | December 28, 2021 | Outside OnlineSome of the images on the cards Paoletta shot himself, others were gifted by professional photographers, and some are public-domain historical pictures of Timbuktu.
Not getting any travel postcards? A project in Mali delivers delight — and a lifeline. | Bailey Berg | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostWhen there are big orders, the guides do fairly well — at least compared with other workers in Timbuktu.
Not getting any travel postcards? A project in Mali delivers delight — and a lifeline. | Bailey Berg | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostAs Nialy explained how dire the guide industry in Timbuktu had become, the idea for their venture clicked for Paoletta.
Not getting any travel postcards? A project in Mali delivers delight — and a lifeline. | Bailey Berg | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostPerhaps 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 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus, Blake Gopnik on whether destroying Timbuktu's heritage is un-Islamic.
Mali: Islamists Destroy Historic City of Timbuktu | Paula Froelich | July 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe other half are loaded with blocks of salt on the way, for salt is in great demand at Timbuktu.
From Pole to Pole | Sven Anders HedinWhat lovely things one could say about England, in Timbuktu!
Alone | Norman DouglasBut you boys told us all in Timbuktu that there was no El Hassan.
Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord ReynoldsThere was only one way that episode in Timbuktu could have taken place.
Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord ReynoldsTimbuktu's day lasted but two or three hundred years at most.
Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for Timbuktu
/ (ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː) /
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
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Cultural definitions for Timbuktu (1 of 2)
[ (tim-buk-tooh) ]
A remote town in western Africa. Figuratively, it is a faraway and unknown place.
[ (tim-buk-tooh) ]
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