timbuktu|tombouctou in English

noun

city in Mali; (Slang) remote place, somewhere far away, extremely remote place (Figuratively)

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1. The regions of Mopti, Tombouctou, Ségou and Kayes have the lowest access rates in primary school

2. Well Anyhoo, most of not all can and bottle recycling has been centralized at the Bottle Drop location, located in sunny Timbuktu.

3. The river loses nearly two-thirds of its potential flow in the Inner Delta between Ségou and Timbuktu to seepage and evaporation.

4. Unlike North and West Africa, home of such great "library cities" as Tunis, Fez, and Timbuktu, Mauritania never had large sedentary population centers.http://Sentencedict.com

5. Alternant recit et musique gnawi, cette histoire raconte la vie du prince Brahim qui, apres avoir connu le faste et l'opulence des palais de Tombouctou, se retrouve victime de la traite negriere et envoye vers le nouveau monde, avant d'etre une vingtaine d'annees plus tard affranchi.