Timbuktu

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

noun

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

2. any faraway place.

Timbuktu

/ ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː /

noun

1. French name: Tombouctou. 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)

2. any distant or outlandish place

   from here to Timbuktu

Timbuktu

¹

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

Timbuktu

²

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

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

Example Sentences

On 2 June, militants targeted both an army camp and airport in the ancient, northern city of Timbuktu.

From BBC

Timbuktu, a UN World Heritage Site, was captured by Islamist militants in 2012 before they were driven out, but has once more been under siege in recent years.

From BBC

Jordan assented enthusiastically, grousing: “You have a judge in Timbuktu, California, who can do some order and some injunction” to obstruct Trump.

From Los Angeles Times

Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.

From BBC

The country has been deep in crisis since at least late 2011, when northern ethnic Tuareg separatists and radical Islamist factions allied to them, took over Timbuktu, Gao and other towns across the north.

From BBC