Home > Chemical elements named after places

• americium – The Americas
• berkelium – University of California, Berkeley
• californium – state of California and University of California, Berkeley
• copper is probably named after Cyprus
• darmstadtium – Darmstadt, Germany
• dubnium – Dubna, Russia
• erbium – YtterbyYtterby is a village near Vaxholm in Sweden. There is a quarry in Ytterby where unusual minerals were discovered and these minerals gave rise to the following chemical elements: Erbium Terbium Ytterbium Yttrium Sweden, and more specifically the village of, Sweden
• europiumEuropium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Eu and atomic number 63. Notable characteristics Europium is the most reactive of the rare earth elements; it quickly oxidizes in air, and resembles Calcium in its reaction with wate – EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se
• franciumFrancium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Fr and atomic number 87. This is a highly radioactive alkali metal that is found in uranium and thorium ores. Notable characteristics This element, which was named for France, was di – FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.
• galliumGallium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ga and atomic number 31. A rare, soft silvery metallic poor metal, gallium is brittle at low temperatures but is liquid above room temperature and can indeed melt in the hand. It occu – Gallia, Latin for FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.. Frenchman Lecoq de Boisbaudran , who was the discoverer of the metal, named it after his country and also subtly for himself. Lecoq (rooster) in Latin is gallus.
• germaniumGermanium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. This is a lustrous, hard, silver-white, metalloid that is chemically similar to tin. Germanium forms a large number of organometallic compounds and is an im – Germany
• hafnium – Hafnia, Latin for Copenhagen
• hassium – Hesse, Germany
• holmium – Holmia, Latin for Stockholm
• lutetium – Lutetia, Latin for Paris
• magnesium – Magnesia prefecture in Thessaly, Greece
• polonium – Poland
• rhenium – Rhenus, Latin for Rhine
• ruthenium – Ruthenia, Latin for Rus'
• scandium – Scandia, Latin for Scandinavia
• strontium – Strontian, Scotland
• terbium – Ytterby, Sweden
• thulium – Thule, a mythical island in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia
• ytterbium – Ytterby, Sweden
• yttrium – Ytterby, Sweden

Note: Ytterby in Sweden has given its name to four elements: Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium.

Additionally, the following elements are named after astronomical objects:

• cerium – Ceres
• helium – Helios, the Greek name for the Sun
• neptunium – Neptune
• palladium – Pallas
• plutonium – Pluto
• selenium – Selene, the Greek name for the Moon
• tellurium – Tellus, the Latin name for the Earth
• uranium – Uranus