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Meaning of elements' names
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Element
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Water-producing (Greek)
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Hydrogen
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Sun (Greek)
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Helium
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New (Greek)
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Neon
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Lazy (Greek)
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Argon
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Hidden one (Greek)
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Krypton
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Stranger (Greek)
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Xenon
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Radiation (Latin)
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Radon
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Stone (Greek)
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Lithium
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Headache (Arabic) / Salt from dry lake beds (Ancient Egyptian)
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Sodium / Natrium
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Plant ashes (English) / Plant ashes (Arabic)
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Potassium / Kalium
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Deep red (Latin)
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Rubidium
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Sky blue (Latin)
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Caesium
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France (French)
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Francium
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Pale (Greek)
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Beryllium
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Magnesia (region in Greece)
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Magnesium
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Lime from limestone (Latin)
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Calcium
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Strontian (village in Scotland)
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Strontium
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Heavy (Greek)
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Barium
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Ray (Latin)
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Radium
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To flow (Latin)
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Fluorine
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Green-Yellow (Greek)
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Chlorine
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Stench (Greek)
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Bromine
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Violet (Greek)
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Iodine
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Unstable (Greek)
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Astatine
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Coal (Latin)
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Carbon
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To choke (Greek)
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Nitrogen
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Acid-producing (Greek)
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Oxygen
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The Morning Star/Bringer of Light (Greek)
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Phosphorus
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Sulphurium (Latin) aka brimstone
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Sulfur
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Moon (Greek)
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Selenium
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White (Arabic)
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Boron
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Flint (Latin)
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Silicon
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Germania (Latin name for Germany in Antiquity)
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Germanium
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Yellow pigment (Greek)
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Arsenic
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Not alone (Greek) [Stibium in Latin]
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Antimony
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Earth (Latin)
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Tellurium
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Poland (Latin)
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Polonium
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Bitter salt (Latin)
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Aluminium
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Gallia (Latin name for France in Antiquity, i.e. Gaul)
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Gallium
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Indigo (Latin)
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Indium
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Green twig (Greek)
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Thallium
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Tin-om (Proto-Germanic) [Stannum in Latin]
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Tin
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Lauda (Proto-Germanic) [Plumbum in Latin]
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Lead
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White mass (German)
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Bismuth
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Scandinavia
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Scandium
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Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 39)
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Yttrium
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Titans (Greek mythology)
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Titanium
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Gold-colored (Persian)
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Zirconium
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Copenhagen (Latin)
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Hafnium
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Vanadis (another name for Norse goddess Freyja)
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Vanadium
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Niobe (Greek mythology)
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Niobium
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Tantalus (Greek mythology)
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Tantalum
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Color (Greek)
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Chromium
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Lead (Greek)
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Molybdenum
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Heavy stone (Swedish) / Wolf's froth (German)
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Tungsten / Wolfram
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Magnesia (region in Greece)
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Manganese
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Artificial (Greek)
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Technetium
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The Rhine (Latin)
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Rhenium
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Isarnan (Proto-Germanic) [Ferrum in Latin]
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Iron
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Russia (Latin)
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Ruthenium
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Smell (Greek)
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Osmium
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Goblin (German)
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Cobalt
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Rose (Greek)
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Rhodium
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Iris (Greek goddess of the rainbow)
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Iridium
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Mountain sprite, similar to goblin (German)
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Nickel
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Pallas Athena (Greek goddess)
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Palladium
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Little silver (Spanish)
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Platinum
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From Cyprus (Latin)
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Copper
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Shiny white, silubra (Proto-Germanic) [Argentum in Latin]
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Silver
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To shine, gultha (Proto-Germanic) [Aurum in Latin]
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Gold
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Jagged or teeth-like (German)
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Zinc
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Cadmus (Greek mythology)
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Cadmium
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Mercurius (Roman god) [Hydrargyrum (water-silver) in Latin]
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Mercury
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To lie hidden (Greek)
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Lanthanum
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Ceres (Roman goddess of agriculture)
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Cerium
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Green twin (Greek)
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Praseodymium
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New twin (Greek)
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Neodymium
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Prometheus (Greek mythology)
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Promethium
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Mineral samarskite named after Russian colonel Samarsky
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Samarium
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Europe (also a woman from Greek mythology)
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Europium
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Johan Gadolin
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Gadolinium
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Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 65)
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Terbium
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Hard to obtain (Greek)
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Dysprosium
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Stockholm (Latin)
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Holmium
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Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 68)
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Erbium
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Thule (mythological name for Scandinavia in Greek and Latin)
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Thulium
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Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 70)
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Ytterbium
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Paris (Latin)
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Lutetium
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Ray (Greek)
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Actinium
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Thor (Norse god)
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Thorium
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Before ray (Greek)
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Protactinium
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The planet Uranus (also Greek god of the sky, grandfather of Zeus)
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Uranium
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The planet Neptune (also Roman god of the sea)
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Neptunium
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The planet Pluto (also Roman god of the underworld)
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Plutonium
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America (i.e. the USA)
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Americium
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Marie Curie
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Curium
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Berkeley (city outside San Francisco and location of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Berkelium
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California (US state)
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Californium
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Albert Einstein
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Einsteinium
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Enrico Fermi
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Fermium
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Dmitri Mendeleev
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Mendelevium
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Alfred Nobel
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Nobelium
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Ernest Lawrence
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Lawrencium
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Ernest Rutherford
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Rutherfordium
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Dubna (city outside Moscow and location of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)
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Dubnium
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Glenn Seaborg
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Seaborgium
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Niels Bohr
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Bohrium
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Hessen (German state)
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Hassium
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Lise Meitner
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Meitnerium
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Darmstadt (German city and location of GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research)
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Darmstadtium
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Wilhelm Röntgen
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Roentgenium
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Copernicium
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Japan's native name
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Nihonium
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Georgy Flyorov
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Flerovium
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Moscow Oblast (region outside Moscow)
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Moscovium
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Livermore (city outside San Francisco and location of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Livermorium
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Tennessee (US state)
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Tennessine
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Yuri Oganessian
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Oganesson
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