2006-06-19 09:52:23 · 3 answers · asked by Topher 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
COUNTRIES only! No states, cities, continents, planets, etc.
2006-06-19 10:13:18 · update #1
Don't forget polonium, named after Poland by Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.
There's also gallium, which is based on the Latin name for France (Gallia). That makes France the winner, with two elements named after it!
Elements named after countries (no cities, planets, continents, regions, etc.):
Americium
Copper (from Cuprum - the Latin for Cyprus)
Francium
Gallium
Germanium
Polonium
2006-06-19 10:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by hfshaw 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
europium (continent)
francium
americium
californium (state)
rhodium (perhaps after cecil rhodes or rhodesia, a country in africa?)
that's all i can think of.
2006-06-19 09:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by donlockwood36 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's Americium... Germanium... Europium (not really a country)... Californium (ditto)... have to look up the rest.
2006-06-19 09:56:18 · answer #3 · answered by Xraydelta1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋