Timbuktu (placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place)
köken: Compare Portuguese Cochinchina (“placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place”). Might harken back to the French conquest of Vietnam (1858–1885) that the Spanish Empire in nearby Spanish Philippines aided in or the Cambodian–Spanish War (1593–1597).
Cochin China (a historical region of Indochina) · Timbuktu (placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place)
eş: onde Judas perdeu as botas, cu do mundo
köken: From Cochim + China, to distinguish from the Indian town of Cochin. Compare Spanish Cochinchina and Spanish Conchinchina (“placeholder for a remote, distant, or boring place”).
Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards) · short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to): the capital prefecture of Japan · short for 東京駅 (Tōkyō-eki): Tokyo Station
köken: /tou kʲau/ → /toːkʲɔː/ → /toːkʲoː/ Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 東 (tō, “east, eastern”) + 京 (kyō, “capital”). The city of Tokyo was renamed from 江戸 (Edo) in 1868 after Emperor Meiji moved the capital from Kyoto.
a remote country or other remote place, Timbuktu, Nowheresville · a toilet
köken: From Otaheiti, Otahiti, an older name for Tahiti, located far away from Sweden. See English Otaheite. Perhaps influenced by the interjection tjo. Origin of toilet sense unknown.
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