Tombouctou

[ tawn-book-too ]

noun

1. Timbuktu.

Tombouctou

/ tɔ̃buktu /

noun

1. See Timbuktu
   the French name for Timbuktu

Example Sentences

And before he could answer she turned round, smiling, and said: "Petite Fille de Tombouctou."

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Algiers affected her somewhat as the Petite Fille de Tombouctou had affected her, but much more powerfully.

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To go there one takes the caravan route that the natives call the route to Tombouctou.

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No one would harm her were she to wander alone to Tombouctou.

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Let us ride out on the Tombouctou road and see the moon rise.

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