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

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery