Thulium (ancient name of Scandinavia)
Francium (France the country)
Polonium (Poland the country)
Ruthenium (Russia the country)
Europium (continent not country)
Americium (continent not country)
Californium (the US state)
Hassium (the German state)
Tellurium (the whole Earth)
Magnesium (ancient district of Greece)
The ones in bold are strictly named after countries, the rest are stretching the interpretation of the question.
You should also not that there are a whole suite of elements named after places or towns IN countries. These are not included above.
Elements are named after countries, not countries after elements ! Countries: francium, germanium, gallium, ruthenium, indium Regions: scandium, hassium, californium Continents: americium Also many towns.
Germanium and Francium are 2 elements which are named for a large region and includes several countries.
The only country named after an element is Argentina. Elements are Latin, they are not named for the person who discovered them......Latin for silver is argenti or argento.
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
americium, germanium, scandium, polonium
Polonium, francium, and americium.
Some of them and some of someone else like the teddy bear named after Theodore Roosevelt.Some are even named after countries, like Francium.
I can think of Germanium, Indium, Polonium, Francium, Americium and Nihonium.
Many elements names are of Greek and Latin words. Some elements are name after where named after countries like France, German ect.
America: Americium, France: Francium, Poland: Polonium, and Germany: Germanium.
americium, francium, im not sure about the last one, hope i helped!
Scandium is named after the entire Scandinavian peninsula which contains three countries (Norway, Sweden, and Finland). Thulium is named after the northernmost part of the world.