Anagram’s all over this place

Question

I met a fellow puzzler from a certain country and town. When I asked where he was from, he replied

My prefix is anagram
My infix is anagram
My suffix is anagram

Where is he from?

Hint: When I asked him to clarify, he said

My prefix prefix is a horned animal
My prefix infix is an enlightened animal
My prefix suffix is a worn down animal

My suffix prefix is the worn down animal
My suffix infix is a slimy animal
My suffix suffix is the horned animal

@Sensoray No I worded it appropriately and intentionally ambiguous. — tyobrien, Apr 25 '18 at 15:37
Just to save anybody else the work, who thought they were being clever - there are no named locations on earth called "anagram" according to GeoNames. — , Apr 25 '18 at 16:03
How 'well known' is the town? What are the chances someone in another country has ever heard of this town? — PL457, Apr 25 '18 at 16:04
To those who edited the title, the apostrophe was supposed to indicate that "anagram" is all over this place just... anagrammed. — tyobrien, Apr 25 '18 at 22:23
You invalidated several answers with that edit (including mine). :'( — Laurel, Apr 25 '18 at 22:39
I thought about mentioning the part about the title in my answer, but it seemed so apparent. — noedne, Apr 26 '18 at 01:06
@tyobrien Okay good, I was about to go all grammar police on you (: — Radvylf Programs, Apr 26 '18 at 14:11

noedne · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-25T20:45:11.670

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He is from

Ramanagaram.

My prefix is anagram
My infix is anagram
My suffix is anagram

Ramanag, managar, and nagaram are all anagrams of anagram.

My prefix prefix is a horned animal
My prefix infix is an enlightened animal
My prefix suffix is a worn down animal

A ram is a male sheep with horns, a man is enlightened, and a nag is an old horse.

My suffix prefix is the worn down animal
My suffix infix is a slimy animal
My suffix suffix is the horned animal

A nag (see above), a gar is a type of fish, and a ram (see above).

edited Apr 25 '18 at 20:45

answered Apr 25 '18 at 17:27

noedne

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You’ve got it! Did my hint that I previously added help a lot? If so I can put it back. – tyobrien Apr 25 '18 at 17:47
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Yes, I did use the hint; it helps a lot in searching, which is necessary if you have never heard of the name. I will add an explanation to the hint if you add it back. – noedne Apr 25 '18 at 17:56
Sounds good. I added it :). It shouldn’t take much to explain them. – tyobrien Apr 25 '18 at 18:06
Why does the wikipedia page title not have the latter on the end, but every mention includes it? – Tin Wizard Apr 25 '18 at 18:52
@Walt There is some discussion of the article title. – noedne Apr 25 '18 at 19:23
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@noedne great answer... curious that the wikipedia title isn't the same as the town name – qwr Apr 26 '18 at 15:43

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:17

15

He is from

Walla Walla, WA

so

Prefix= Walla, Suffix= llaWA, Infix= lawal

which are anagrams of each other

answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:17

TwoBitOperation

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Awesome alternate answer! But not what I was thinking. – tyobrien Apr 25 '18 at 15:36

hagfy · Answer 3 · 2018-04-25T16:03:52.760

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Similar to @TwoBitOperation's answer, it could be:

Djibouti, Djibouti
Prefix=Djibouti, Suffix=Djibouti, Infix=outiDjib

A key distinction between the answers being:

Djibouti is a country, but Washington is a state

(edit)
Since that was the best I could come up with, one note about this puzzle:

The speaker says "My [prefix|suffix|infix] is anagram", not "My home" or anything else referencing a location.

Not sure whether that's noteworthy/intentional/helpful, but thought I'd mention it.

edited Apr 25 '18 at 16:03

answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:51

hagfy

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Another great answer. But the actual solution is one word. – tyobrien Apr 25 '18 at 15:55
Huh. Until seeing your answer I assumed the "WA" was Western Australia. But it turns out the Australian Walla Walla is in NSW :) – Especially Lime Apr 26 '18 at 16:05

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 25 '18 at 16:58

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Surely the answer is:

'Ili'ili (a village in American Samoa)

Because

'Ili is an anagram of the infixes li'i and i'il, which are also an anagram of the suffix 'ili

answered Apr 25 '18 at 16:58

Laurel

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Does it match any of the other clues? – smci Apr 25 '18 at 22:34
@smci The other clues were added after I posted this answer. – Laurel Apr 25 '18 at 22:38
Ah. But you can try to retcon ;-) – smci Apr 25 '18 at 22:39

Anagram’s all over this place

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