Chemical Elements According To Their Name Origin - Map Quiz

31 chemical elements have been named after geographical locations. Can you name all elements?

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	Symbols	Elements	Locations
	₉₈Cf	Californium	State California
	₁₁₇Ts	Tennessine	State Tennessee
	₉₇Bk	Berkelium	City Berkeley
	₁₁₆Lv	Livermorium	City Livermore
∗	₄₇Ag	Silver	Country Argentina (Silver → lat. Argentum)
	₉₅Am	Americium	The Americas
	₈₇Fr \| ₃₁Ga	Francium \| Gallium	Country France (fr. France \| lat. Gallien)
	₇₁Lu	Lutetium	City Paris (rom. Lutetia)
	₃₂Ge	Germanium	Country Germany (lat. Germania)
	₇₅Re	Rhenium	River Rhine (lat. Rhenus)
	₁₀₈Hs	Hassium	German State Hesse (lat. Hassia)
	₁₁₀Ds	Darmstadtium	City Darmstadt
	₈₄Po	Polonium	Country Poland

	Symbols	Elements	Locations
	₄₄Ru	Ruthenium	Country Russia (lat. Ruthenia)
	₁₁₅Mc	Moscovium	City Moscow
	₁₀₅Db	Dubnium	City Dubna
	₂₁Sc	Scandium	Region Scandinavia (lat. Scandia)
	₆₉Tm	Thulium	Mythical Scandinavian Island Thule
	₇₂Hf	Hafnium	City Copenhagen (lat. Hafnia)
∗	₆₇Ho	Holmium	City Stockholm
	₇₀Yb \| ₃₉Y \| ₆₅Tb \| ₆₈Er	Ytterbium \| Yttrium \| Terbium \| Erbium	Quarry Ytterby
∗	₃₈Sr	Strontium	Mineral Strontianit, after city Strontian
∗	₁₂Mg	Magnesium	Region Magnisia (GR), City Magnesia on the Maeander (TR)
	₂₉Cu	Copper	Country Cyprus (lat. Cuprum from grk. Kýprion)
	₆₃Eu	Europium	Continent Europe
∗	₄₉In	Indium	Colour Indigo, from country India
	₁₁₃Nh	Nihonium	Country Japan (jpn. Nihon)

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