Associations to the word «Timbuktu»

Wiktionary

TIMBUKTU, proper noun. A city in central Mali.
TIMBUKTU, proper noun. Any proverbially distant or remote place.

Dictionary definition

TIMBUKTU, noun. A city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats