a city on the edge of the Sahara Desert in Mali, West Africa, whose correct name is Tombouctou. People sometimesmention Timbuktu as an example of a place that is very far away 廷巴克图〔非洲西部马里境内、撒哈拉沙漠边缘一城市,其正确名称为Tombouctou(通布图);人们有时用廷巴克图来指遥远的地方〕
There were enough cars to stretch from here to Timbuktu.