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This is a list of chemical elements named after places. For a list of other toponyms, i.e., names derived from a place or region, see List of words derived from toponyms.

• americium — America
• 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' (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus)
• scandium — Scandia, Latin for Scandinavia
• strontium — from the mineral strontianite, in turn named after Strontian, Scotland
• terbium — Ytterby, Sweden
• thulium — Thule, a mythical island in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia
• ytterbium — Ytterby, Sweden
• yttrium — Ytterby, Sweden

Note: Ytterby in Sweden has given its name to four elements: Erbium, 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
• mercury — Mercury

[edit] See also

• List of elements by name
• List of elements named after people
• List of places
• Lists of etymologies

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