Location Element Symbol Z Coordinates Europe Europium Eu 63 Magnesia, a district in Greece Magnesium Mg 12 39 ° 25 ′ N 22 ° 50 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 39.417 ° N 22.833 ° E ﻿ / 39.417; 22.833 ﻿ (Magnesia) Manganese Mn 25 Cyprus Copper Cu 29 France (ancient name Gaul) Francium Fr 87 Gallium Ga 31 Lutecia, Latin name for Paris Lutetium Lu 71 48 ° 51 ′ N 2 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.85 ° N 2.35 ° E ﻿ / 48.85; 2.35 ﻿ (Lutecia (Paris)) Germany Germanium Ge 32 Hesse, a state in Germany Hassium Hs 108 Darmstadt, a city in Germany Darmstadtium Ds 110 49 ° 50 ′ N 8 ° 34 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.833 ° N 8.567 ° E ﻿ / 49.833; 8.567 ﻿ (Darmstadt) River Rhine Rhenium Re 75 Strontian, a village in Scotland Strontium Sr 38 56 ° 41 ′ N 5 ° 34 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 56.683 ° N 5.567 ° W ﻿ / 56.683; - 5.567 ﻿ (Strontium) Scandinavia Scandium Sc 21 Hafnia, Latin name for Copenhagen Hafnium Hf 72 55 ° 41 ′ N 12 ° 34 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 55.683 ° N 12.567 ° E ﻿ / 55.683; 12.567 ﻿ (Hafnia) Thule (probably Iceland) Thulium Tm 69 Holmia, Latin name for Stockholm Holmium Ho 67 59 ° 20 ′ N 18 ° 47 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 59.333 ° N 18.783 ° E ﻿ / 59.333; 18.783 ﻿ (Holmia (Stockholm)) Ytterby, a village in Sweden Yttrium Y 39 59 ° 25 ′ 35 '' N 18 ° 21 ′ 13 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 59.42639 ° N 18.35361 ° E ﻿ / 59.42639; 18.35361 ﻿ (Ytterby) Terbium Tb 65 Erbium Er 68 Ytterbium Yb 70 Poland Polonium Po 84 Ruthenia, Latin name for Russia Ruthenium Ru 44 Moscow Oblast, Russia Moscovium Mc 115 55 ° 42 ′ N 36 ° 58 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 55.700 ° N 36.967 ° E ﻿ / 55.700; 36.967 Dubna, a town in Russia Dubnium Db 105 56 ° 44 ′ N 37 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 56.733 ° N 37.167 ° E ﻿ / 56.733; 37.167 ﻿ (Dubna) Americas (some sources say the United States specifically) Americium Am 95 California, a state in the United States Californium Cf 98 Berkeley, California, a city in the United States Berkelium Bk 97 37 ° 52 ′ N 122 ° 16 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.867 ° N 122.267 ° W ﻿ / 37.867; - 122.267 ﻿ (Berkeley, California) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in the United States Livermorium Lv 116 37 ° 41 ′ N 121 ° 43 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.683 ° N 121.717 ° W ﻿ / 37.683; - 121.717 ﻿ (Livermore) Tennessee, a state in the United States Tennessine Ts 117 Japan (Nihon 日本) Nihonium Nh 113
on the periodic table what is the only real element named after a us state
Californium