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The Latin language name argentum and the names in other languages derived from the Latin has another etymology.
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The element Uranium was named after Uranus.
Well, darling, the only continent with a chemical element named after it is Europe. The element is europium, and it's as fabulous as the continent itself. So, there you have it, Europe strutting its stuff in the periodic table like the diva it is.
The element Europium is named after the continent Europe, where it was discovered. It was isolated by a French chemist in 1901.
Uranium was named after the planet Uranus, which was discovered in 1781. The element was named by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1789.
It was the other way round. Uranium was named after a planet. That planet was Uranus.