Timbuktu

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

This article is about the Malian city. For other uses, see Timbuktu (disambiguation). Timbuktu (Archaic English: Timbuctoo; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu; French: Tombouctou) is a city in Tombouctou Region, Mali. It is home to the prestigious Sankore University and other madrasas, and was an intellectual and spiritual capital and centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahya, recall Timbuktu's golden age. Although continuously restored, these monuments are today under threat from desertification.
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Timbuktu! is a Broadway theatre production that opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 1, 1978 and ran for 243 performances. The lyrics were by George Forrest and Robert Wright, set to music by Borodin, Forrest and Wright. The book is by Luther Davis. It was a resetting of Forrest and Wright's successful musical Kismet.
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Noun
1. a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan

Synonyms and related words:
China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Ultima Thule, Yukon, antipodes, frontier, godforsaken place, jumping-off place, nowhere, outback, outer space, outpost, outskirts, pole, the Great Divide, the South Seas, the boondocks, the moon, the sticks, the tullies