Elements are named after countries, not countries after elements ! Countries: francium, germanium, gallium, ruthenium, indium Regions: scandium, hassium, californium Continents: americium Also many towns.
Several countries have elements named after them, including francium (named after France), polonium (named after Poland), berkelium (named after Berkeley, California, where it was discovered), americium (named after America), and dubnium (named after Dubna, Russia, where it was synthesized).
8 main villages=5 countries named after the 5 elements of Water,Fire,Earth,Thunder,and Wind.
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
americium, germanium, scandium, polonium
Francium - named after France. Germanium - named after Germany. Californium - named after California, USA.
Francium was named after France and germanium was named after Germany.
Scandium is named after the entire Scandinavian peninsula which contains three countries (Norway, Sweden, and Finland). Thulium is named after the northernmost part of the world.
Many elements names are of Greek and Latin words. Some elements are name after where named after countries like France, German ect.
Francium was named after France. Germanium was named after Germany. Polonium was named after Poland.
America: Americium, France: Francium, Poland: Polonium, and Germany: Germanium.
Einsteinium, lawrencium, Mendelevium, Holmium, Rutherfordium