тьмутаракань

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Тмутарака́нь (Tmutarakánʹ), a medieval Russian town in what is now Krasnodar Krai. In modern Russian, the name sounds like the words for "dark cockroach city" (тьма таракан).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲmʊtərɐˈkanʲ]

Noun

тьмутарака́нь (tʹmutarakánʹf inan (genitive тьмутарака́ни, nominative plural тьмутарака́ни, genitive plural тьмутарака́ней)

  1. obscure and remote place far away from civilization; similar to idiomatic use of Timbuktu.

Declension