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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central Mali near the Niger River northeast of Bamako. Founded in the 11th century by the Tuareg, it became a major trading center (primarily for gold and salt) and a center of Islamic learning by the 14th century. Timbuktu was sacked in 1591 by invaders from Morocco and fell to the French in 1894.
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- proper noun A
city in centralMali . - proper noun Any proverbially distant or remote place.
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- noun a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
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Examples
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Once we arrived at our new campground today (somewhere in Timbuktu, Pennsylvania), he took a cool shower and I made him a nice cool spot on the bed with a fan to his side.
DAY 14: HIVES! 2009
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Once we arrived at our new campground today (somewhere in Timbuktu, Pennsylvania), he took a cool shower and I made him a nice cool spot on the bed with a fan to his side.
DAY 14: HIVES! 2009
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This is a collection of 206 19th century manuscripts from the Bibliothèque Commémorative Mama Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Slavery and Manumission Manuscripts of Timbuktu 2008
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This is a collection of 206 19th century manuscripts from the Bibliothèque Commémorative Mama Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Timbuktu is still isolated, and Mali is one of the world's poorest countries.
The Economist: Libraries in the Desert JDsg 2007
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All three of the firms - each with varying levels of involvement - have said they don't care if the property is in Timbuktu, as long as the reporting rules are maintained its none of their business.
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We could be playing in Timbuktu, and the pressure would be there.
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You didn’t actively avoid robbing a bank in Timbuktu this morning by not deciding to flythere.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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For those of you in Timbuktu) The ridge of this mountain in central Mexico creates the illlusion of guess what?
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When I said it was mine, she told me she was writing a play called Timbuktu or Bust about two strippers who inherit a motel in desert and interviewed me about burlesque.
Satan's Angel, Part II Burlesque Daily 2007
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