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Timbuktu in a sentence
Timbuktu meaning
- A city in central Mali.
- Any proverbially distant or remote place.
Synonyms of Timbuktu
Using Timbuktu
- The main meaning on this page is: A city in central Mali. | Any proverbially distant or remote place.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, timbuktu often appears in combinations such as: in timbuktu, of timbuktu, timbuktu in.
Context around Timbuktu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Timbuktu
- In this selection, "timbuktu" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, focused, zanna, pieces, books, triangle and residents stand out and add context to how "timbuktu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1996 in timbuktu during an and adventure focused timbuktu books and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "timbuktu" sits close to words such as abhiyan, ajibola and ajinkya, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with timbuktu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The two young men are still in hospital in Timbuktu. (10 words)
Need a new pack for you upcoming journey to Timbuktu? (10 words)
If it is lying in Timbuktu, can I access it when I want to? (14 words)
We can only change our status if our education can produce indigenous scientists using local knowledge and raw materials to produce finished goods for export as it used to happen at Ng’ombe Ilede here in Zambia and Timbuktu in North Africa historically. (43 words)
The name may come from Berber phrase ger-n-ger meaning "river of rivers". citation As Timbuktu was the southern end of the principal Trans-Saharan trade route to the western Mediterranean, it was the source of most European knowledge of the region. (43 words)
The country has been deep in crisis since at least late 2011, when northern ethnic Tuareg separatists and radical Islamist factions allied to them, took over Timbuktu, Gao and other towns across the north. (34 words)
If it is lying in Timbuktu, can I access it when I want to? (14 words)
Need a new pack for you upcoming journey to Timbuktu? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Expect to come across a few tome hawkers you may not have heard of, too, like travel- and adventure-focused Timbuktu Books and rare sci-fi purveyors Cross Genre Books.
On Wednesday, the terrorists clashed at Kuwa Nguro and Ngoldiri villages located in the axis of Timbuktu triangle in Damboa, Borno State, leading to the death of scores of fighters.
The Committee on National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure will have Taofiq Ajilesoro as Chairman and Zanna Timbuktu as deputy.
When jihadists in Mali announced they would blockade the ancient city of Timbuktu, residents thought it was just another intimidation tactic.
The country has been deep in crisis since at least late 2011, when northern ethnic Tuareg separatists and radical Islamist factions allied to them, took over Timbuktu, Gao and other towns across the north.
The two young men are still in hospital in Timbuktu.
In 2016, Islamic extremist Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was convicted of destroying World Heritage cultural sites in Timbuktu, Mali — the first war-crimes conviction by the International Criminal Court for cultural destruction.
One of my favourite books is ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster, a story told by the dog Mr. Bones.
We can only change our status if our education can produce indigenous scientists using local knowledge and raw materials to produce finished goods for export as it used to happen at Ng’ombe Ilede here in Zambia and Timbuktu in North Africa historically.
From Georgia to Ukraine to Timbuktu, he was an omnipresent scold, urging a US presence on every continent, in the midst of every dispute.
If it is lying in Timbuktu, can I access it when I want to?
In 2016 the International Criminal Court a Malian national for the war crime of attacking religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu.
Need a new pack for you upcoming journey to Timbuktu?
Some of its biggest successes have been over war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the destruction of religious Muslim shrines in Timbuktu in Mali.
Tuaregs – historically nomadic Berber people – seized parts of the region, including the historic city of Timbuktu, in 2012.
In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".
The 1932 song " The Sun Has Got His Hat On " includes the line: He's been tanning niggers out in Timbuktu.
The name may come from Berber phrase ger-n-ger meaning "river of rivers". citation As Timbuktu was the southern end of the principal Trans-Saharan trade route to the western Mediterranean, it was the source of most European knowledge of the region.
The peace agreement was celebrated in 1996 in Timbuktu during an official and highly publicized ceremony called "Flamme de la Paix"--(peace flame).
The word is likely an alteration of the Tuareg name egerew n-iger ewen used by inhabitants along the middle reaches of the river around Timbuktu prior to 19th-century European colonialism.
Common combinations with timbuktu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in timbuktu 9×
- of timbuktu 4×
- timbuktu in 3×
- timbuktu mali 2×
- timbuktu and 2×
- and timbuktu 2×
- to timbuktu 2×