What is the element named for the sixth-largest continent?
Krypton or Kr (Superman's dog is named Krypto.) .
The planet Jupiter is named for the Roman god Jupiter, who was the "chief" deity of that ancient culture.
Some elements are named after the compound that they came from, or some attribute of it. Other elements are named after some aspect of the way in which the element was found. Still, there are other elements that get their names from places. Another interesting group of names comes from mythology. -Nev Singhota
Europe is a continent beginning with the letter E.
Antarctica is the most recently discovered continent.
Europium
Europium.
Well there is Europium, which is named after Europe the Continent. However, there is Americium which is named after North America the continent. So your question is wrong
The element Europium was named after the continent of Europe, the 1st largest continent in terms of land area.
Europe
Europium
Europium is named after the CONTINENT of Europe
The chemical element europium was named after the continent Europe.
The element Americium (symbol AM), was named after America. America was named after an Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci who arrived tot he continent before the settlers.
The closest is europium, which is named after Europe but is not exactly the same word.
Americium is a synthetic element that has the symbol Am and atomic number 95, named after America continent.
Europium is the element named after the continent of Europe, which is in the Eastern Hemisphere. This element was discovered in 1896 by Eugène-Antole Demarçay. It has an atomic number of 63.