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I'm not sure whether this should go in any article, but I think it's interesting, so I'll write it up:

12 Mg Magnesium Magnesia Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece ancient
21 Sc Scandium Scandia Scandinavia 1879
31 Ga Gallium Gallia Gaul 1875
32 Ge Germanium Germania Germany (then larger) 1871
38 Sr Strontium Strontian Strontian, Scotland, United Kingdom 1798
39 Y Yttrium Ytterby Ytterby, Sweden 1794
44 Ru Ruthenium Ruthenia possibly Rus: Ukraine, Belarus, western Russia 1844
63 Eu Europium Europa Europe 1890
67 Ho Holmium Holmia Stockholm, Sweden 1878
68 Er Erbium Ytterby Ytterby, Sweden 1843
69 Tm Thulium Thule perhaps Scandinavia 1879
70 Yb Ytterbium Ytterby Ytterby, Sweden 1878
71 Lu Lutetium Lutetia Paris, France 1907
72 Hf Hafnium Hafnia Copenhagen, Denmark 1923
75 Re Rhenium Rhenus Rhine 1925
84 Po Polonium Polonia Poland (then nonexistent) 1898
87 Fr Francium France France 1939
97 Bk Berkelium Berkeley, California, USA 1949
95 Am Americium America The Americas 1944
98 Cf Californium California California, USA 1950
105 Db Dubnium Dubna Dubna, Russia 1967
108 Hs Hassium Hesse, Germany 1984
110 Ds Darmstadtium Darmstadt Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany 1994

Coextensive:

  • Yttrium, Erbium
  • possibly Thulium, Scandium

Inclusions:

  • Europium includes Francium, Gallium, Ruthentium, Thulium, Scandium, Holmium,


I've excluded Tellurium, which I think was not named for the the earth.