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>Eu Europium - Europe >Fr Francium - France >In Indium - India These are the only three that align perfectly I think, although technically Indium is named fo
by Amorymeltzer 11y ago
>Eu Europium - Europe
>Fr Francium - France
>In Indium - India
These are the only three that align perfectly I think, although technically Indium is named for Indigo, not India, even though both come from Greek.
>No Nobelium - Norway
Kind of! Norway gives out the Peace Prize. Some amusing naming near-misses[1]
>Am Americium - Armenia
>Cf Californium - Central African Republic
>Ga Gallium - Gabon
>Ge Germanium - Georgia
1: Near-hits for you George Carlin fans
- Muromec 11y ago>These are the only three that align perfectly I think You missed Ruthenium. Rus' and Russia are not really same, but well, they stole that name long time ago. >The Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst Claus discovered the element in 1844, and named it after Ruthenia, the Latin word for Rus'
- mamon 11y agoNot exactly "country code", but Polonium (Po) was named after Poland by Maria Skłodowska-Curie.