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   Tim·buk·tu

   /ˌtimbəkˈto͞o/

   

   • 1. a town in northern Mali; population 35,600 (est. 2009). Formerly a major trading center for gold and salt on the trans-Saharan trade routes, it reached the height of its prosperity in the 16th century but fell into decline after its capture by the Moroccans in 1591.
   • ▪ used in reference to a remote or extremely distant place: "from here to Timbuktu"

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