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/Sounds like "keem" (as in "keep") + "BAHM" (as in "bar") + "bah" (as in "bar")/

Meaning

A place that is very far away, remote, or hard to reach. In Colombia, quimbamba signals extreme distance or is used to figuratively send someone off to a place of no importance.

Examples

He lives in the middle of nowhere. It takes me almost two hours to get to his place.

They transferred him to work in the back of beyond and nobody went to visit.

Regional synonyms

Broke, stuck, or stranded with nowhere to go. Across Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Panama, varado captures that helpless feeling of having no money, no job, or no visible way out of a situation. Equal parts broke and trapped.