Timbuktu
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
Proper noun
Timbuktu
- A city in central Mali.
- (figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
- You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.
- 1970, The Aristocats (motion picture):
- Now, my little pesky pets, you're going to travel first-class in your own private compartment all the way to Timbuktu. And this time, you'll never come back.
Translations
city
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distant place
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Czech
Proper noun
Timbuktu n
Further reading
Finnish
Proper noun
Timbuktu
Declension
Inflection of Timbuktu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Timbuktu | — | |
genitive | Timbuktun | — | |
partitive | Timbuktua | — | |
illative | Timbuktuun | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Timbuktu | — | |
accusative | nom. | Timbuktu | — |
gen. | Timbuktun | ||
genitive | Timbuktun | — | |
partitive | Timbuktua | — | |
inessive | Timbuktussa | — | |
elative | Timbuktusta | — | |
illative | Timbuktuun | — | |
adessive | Timbuktulla | — | |
ablative | Timbuktulta | — | |
allative | Timbuktulle | — | |
essive | Timbuktuna | — | |
translative | Timbuktuksi | — | |
abessive | Timbuktutta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Timbuktu f
- Alternative form of Tombuctu
Spanish
Proper noun
Timbuktu ?
- Alternative form of Tombuctú
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