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For the university one is californium called after California state university.

* After towns or villages: darmstadtium, dubnium, erbium, terbium, ytterbium yttrium, lutetium, holmium, hafnium, berkelium

* After continents: americium, europium

* After countries: francium, germanium, indium, ruthenium, polonium

* After a region : hassium, scandium, thullium

* After a river: rhenium

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