Timbuktu
Тимбукту, тьмутаракань
Timbuktu, Buxtehude, Bümpliz
A city in central MaliA city in central Mali.
US/tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/
» Timbuktu had dozens of Quranic schools.
Meaning
2 sensesA city in central Mali.
Timbuktu
Тимбукту́Timbuktú
(figuratively)Any proverbially distant or remote place.
You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.
Buxtehude, Bümpliz
тьмутарака́ньtʹmutarakánʹ
Examples
4 sentencesTimbuktu had dozens of Quranic schools.
Timbuktu is a city in Mali.
Timbuktu became one of the most important capitals of Islam.
Timbuktu had an Islamic university.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
city:
distant place:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
city:
distant place:
Origin
Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.
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