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Americium – The Americas

Berkelium – city of Berkeley, California , home of the University of California

Californium – state of California and University Of California, Berkeley

Copper is probably named after Cyprus

Darmstadtium – Darmstadt , Germany

Dubnium – Dubna , Russia

Erbium – Ytterby , Sweden

Europium – Europe

Francium – France

Gallium – ''Gallia'', Latin for France . 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''.

Germanium – 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: , 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

And these elements are linked to astronomical ( Solar System ) objects:

Copper – Venus

Gold – Sun

Iron – Mars

Lead – Saturn

Mercury – Mercury

Silver – Moon

Tin – Jupiter

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