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timbuktu
/tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/
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What does timbuktu mean?
proper noun
- A city in central Mali.
- (figuratively) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
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IPA pronunciation
/tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/
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There are good people like that, only too happy to serve science with resounding appellations that might come from Timbuktu; they cannot name you a midge without striking terror into you.