Definition of Timbuktu

Timbuktu

• any location inconveniently far away; "the middle of nowhere".

  Last edited on Sep 14 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

• somewhere far away and beautiful. I so want to go to Timbuktu! I remember using it in the 70"s

  Last edited on Apr 30 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 30 2015.

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