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(Message started by: Leonid Broukhis on Jun 23^rd, 2003, 3:21pm)

Title: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jun 23^rd, 2003, 3:21pm

I am a city in the USA,
but I am also a monk inside of a musical instrument.
What city am I?

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Icarus on Jun 23^rd, 2003, 3:52pm

Not sure which city, but with a description like that it ought to be in California. ;)

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jun 23^rd, 2003, 4:29pm

No, it's not in California, and it is one word. And it is a city, not a small town.

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jul 1^st, 2003, 4:08pm

A hint: if the name of the musical instrument is
INSTRUMENT, and the name of the monk is MONK, the city name
is something like INSTRUMONKMENT.

Another hint: there are too many words for musical instruments of the world, but much fewer words for monks of religions of the world.

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by maryl on Jul 2^nd, 2003, 8:31am

Is this some obscure musical instrument or a common one? I looked thru lists of US cities and can't find one that resembles an instrument in it's name, I'm sure I am missing something.

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jul 2^nd, 2003, 5:28pm

The instrument is quite common, I've seen it in musical stores. I'd think it is hard to recognize a word that is split apart, so focus on a word for monk first.

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jul 4^th, 2003, 12:20pm

A hint: the city in question is the seat of the eponymous county.

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by tohuvabohu on Jul 4^th, 2003, 2:21pm

Oh, I almost got it. If only Ocala Marion, Florida
were Ocala Marina

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jul 4^th, 2003, 2:35pm

Almost! But it is one word.

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by mistysakura on Jul 4^th, 2003, 6:28pm

Is it a city that non-Americans would have heard of?

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by Leonid Broukhis on Jul 4^th, 2003, 9:35pm

on 07/04/03 at 18:28:46, mistysakura wrote:

Is it a city that non-Americans would have heard of?

Its population is less than 100 thousand, so ...

Title: Re: What city am I?
Post by tohuvabohu on Jul 5^th, 2003, 7:26am

ABCDEFGHI got it now.