Timbuktu
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unclear. See Timbuktu § Toponymy.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /tɪm.bʌkˈtuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Timbuktu
- A city in central Mali.
- (figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
- Synonyms: Outer Mongolia, Faroffistan
- 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[edit]
city
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distant place
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Czech[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Timbuktu n (indeclinable)
Further reading[edit]
- Timbuktu in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Timbuktu
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Timbuktu f
- Alternative form of Tombuctu
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Timbuktu ?
- Alternative form of Tombuctú
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