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Definition of Timbuktu noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Timbuktu

noun

/ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː/

/ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː/

(also Timbuctoo)

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a place that is very far away
Word OriginFrom the name of a town in northern Mali.

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