Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun timbuktu

1 sense of timbuktu

Sense 1
Timbuktu -- (a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")