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Timbuktoo

/tɪmbʌkˈtuː/

Timbuktoo is the alternative spelling 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 Timbuktoo

What is Timbuktoo the alternative spelling of?
Timbuktoo is the alternative spelling of Timbuktu.
How do you pronounce Timbuktoo?
Timbuktoo is pronounced /tɪmbʌkˈtuː/.

Words near Timbuktoo in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Timbuktoo (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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