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Meaning of Timbuktu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
tɪm.bʌkˈtuː

Definitions

  1. A city in central Mali.
  2. Any proverbially distant or remote place.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Afrikaans pofadder Putsonderwater
العربية طَفْرَاوَى
Bosanski Nevada Tokio
Čeština Timbuktu
Deutsch Bümpliz Buxtehude Timbuktu
Español Conchinchina Tombuctu
Suomi hevonkuusi Huitsin Nevada Nevada Timbuktu
Français Houte-Si-Plou Pétaouchnock Tombouctou
Galego Pernambuco
Hausa Tambutu
Hrvatski Nevada Tokio
Italiano Canicattì Timbuctù
Nederlands Timboektoe Tokio Verweggistan
Polski Timbuktu
Português Cochinchina Tombuctu
Русский Тимбукту́ тьмутаракань
Српски Nevada Tokio
Svenska Tjotahejti

Examples

“You can try⟳ every shop⟳ from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find⟳ another one like⟳ this.”
“Now, my little pesky pets, you're going to travel⟳ first-class in your own⟳ private compartment all the way to Timbuktu. And this time, you'll never come⟳ back.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

timdoodle time time account time added on time adverbial time after bit

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