2006-12-02 00:02:13 · 8 answers · asked by RyanO 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Timbuktu ( Archaic English: Timbuctoo, Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu, French: Tombouctou) is a city in Mali, West Africa.
The place name is said to come from a Tuareg woman named Buktu who dug a well in the area where the city stands today; hence "Timbuktu", which means "Buktu's well".
2006-12-02 00:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by G.V. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Timbuktu is an acual city in the African country of Mali.
Most English speakers do not know that Timbuktu is a real place.
In English the word Timbuktoo means any place very far away, or an imaginary place far away.
"From here to Timbuktu" means everywhere
2006-12-02 00:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by angle_of_deat_69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Tim·buk·tu [tìmb uk tï ]
n
remote place: anywhere that is far away or extremely remote (informal)
2. Tom·bouc·tou [tòmb ok tï ]
city in central Mali, on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
Population: 36,000 (1998)
Also called Timbuktu
2006-12-02 00:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by Mhik_V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was at one time the most remote place known to English and so has come to mean somewhere as far away as you can get. Did your girlfriend suggest you go there to? Perhaps we could meet for a drink?
2006-12-02 00:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by capt_m_cutshaw 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kingdom Come
2006-12-02 00:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by Lightbringer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A city in Mali,
but it is spelt Timbuktu
2006-12-02 00:07:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
far-away place
2006-12-02 00:15:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a leaky condom
2006-12-02 00:09:42 · answer #8 · answered by news.caster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋