----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Five gold stars to anyone who can solve this place name mystery. I have a patron (professor) who is looking for a place called: Zzyzx No clue as to where in the world this place is. We've tried to decide if it's a non-western language being romanized. We've looked into countries of some of the more consonant infested languages. I even suggested that it may be some form of coordinate system reference instead of a true place name. None of these have panned out so far. If any of you can add a clue or two to this, I'd be ever greatful. Thanks in Advance, Eric Schmidt University of Tennessee Cartographic Information Center [log in to unmask]