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Timbuktu.

A city in central Mali.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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name/tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/US
  1. A city in central Mali.

  2. Any proverbially distant or remote place.

    figuratively
    You can try every shop from here to Timbuktu, but you won't find another one like this.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.