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Timbuctoo

Timbuctoo is the dated form of Timbuktu.

Meaning of Timbuktu

Proper noun

Timbuktu

  1. A city in central Mali.
  2. (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.

Questions about Timbuctoo

What is Timbuctoo the dated form of?
Timbuctoo is the dated form of Timbuktu.

Words near Timbuctoo in the dictionary

  1. timbrophilic
  2. timbrophilist
  3. timbrophily
  4. timbs
  5. Timbses
  6. Timbuctoo
  7. Timbuctu
  8. Timbuktoo
  9. Timbuktu
  10. Timbumburi
  11. timburine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Timbuctoo (page history and authors); Timbuktu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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