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).
Elements are named after countries, not countries after elements ! Countries: francium, germanium, gallium, ruthenium, indium Regions: scandium, hassium, californium Continents: americium Also many towns.
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
americium, germanium, scandium, polonium
Polonium, francium, and americium.
Some elements in the periodic table are indeed named after scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of chemistry. For example, Curium is named after Marie and Pierre Curie, Mendeleevium honors Dmitri Mendeleev, and Seaborgium is named after Glenn T. Seaborg.
I can think of Germanium, Indium, Polonium, Francium, Americium and Nihonium.
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.
The concept of four elements (earth, water, air, fire) was introduced by the ancient Greeks, particularly by the philosopher Empedocles in the 5th century BCE. He believed that these elements were the building blocks of all matter in the universe.
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.
Uranium- UranusNeptunium - NeptunePlutonium- 134340 Pluto (dwarf planet)Tellurium- EarthCerium - 1 Ceres (dwarf planet)Palladium - 2 Pallas (asteroid)note that Mercury was named for the god, not the planet.