Can you name what the elements were named after?

Can you name what some of these elements from the periodic table were named after?

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Element	Answer
Hydrogen	hydro prefix for water
Helium	Helios; Greek god of the sun
Sodium	Soda, as in baking soda
Scandium	Scandanavia
Titanium	Titans in Greek Mythology
Gallium	Gaul, Ancient France
Germanium	Germany
Indium	Indigo
Promethium	Prometheus, Greek Titan
Europium	Europe
Holmium	Second half of Stockholm
Rhenium	The Rhine River
Iridium	Iris of the eye
Platinum	Metal plate
Mercury	Mercury, Roman god
Polonium	Poland
Radon	Radium, which decays into radon
Francium	France
Radium	Radioactive
Thorium	Thor, Norse god
Uranium	Uranus, the planet
Neptunium	Neptune, the planet
Plutonium	Pluto, the dwarf planet
Americium	America
Curium	Marie Curie
Berkelium	Universiry of California, Berkely
Californium	California
Einsteinium	Albert Einstein
Mendelevium	Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of Periodic Table
Nobelium	Alfred Nobel
Bohrium	Niels Bohr
Moscovium	Moscow, Russia
Tennessine	Tennessee

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