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Can The Name Of The Country Be Spelt Using Only Periodic Table Elements?

Last Updated: February 3, 2025 1 Comment

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Can The Name Of The Country Be Spelt Using Only Periodic Table Elements?

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The map above is a fun look at how you spell the names of some countries simply by using Periodic Table Elements.

The countries you can name are:

  • Iceland: Iodine, Cerium, Lanthanum, Neodymium
  • Ireland: Iodine, Rhenium, Lanthanum, Neodymium
  • France: Fluorine, Radium, Nitrogen, Cerium
  • Monaco: Molybdenum, Sodium, Cobalt
  • Spain: Sulfur, Protactinium, Indium
  • Netherlands: Neon, Thorium, Erbium, Lanthanum, Neodymium, Sulphur
  • Finland: Fluorine, Indium, Lanthanum, Neodymium
  • Poland: Polonium, Lanthanum, Neodymium
  • Belarus: Beryllium, Lanthanum, Ruthenium, Sulphur
  • Ukraine: Uranium, Potassium, Radium, Iodine, Neon
  • Kosovo: Potassium, Osmium, Oxygen, Vanadium, Oxygen
  • Cyprus: Carbon, Yttrium, Praseodymium, Uranium, Sulphur
  • Iran: Iodine, Radium, Nitrogen
  • Palestine: Phosphorus, Aluminium, Einsteinium, Titanium, Neon

Partial:

  • UK (but not United Kingdom): Uranium, Potassium
  • Vatican (not Vatican City): Vanadium, Astatine, Iodine, Calcium, Nitrogen
  • Saudi (Not Saudi Arabia): Sulfur, Gold, Deuterium, Iodine

Here’s a map showing all of them:

This map shows if the country's name can be written using the elements of the periodic table

Map created by lingue.maps

Finally, Here’s a periodic table of elements you can use to check:

Periodic table of elements

You can also check what other words can be spelled using elements at https://www.chemspeller.com/.

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Comments

  1. Ron Daniel says

    January 14, 2025 at 2:05 am

    The Indian migration to Israel was not mentioned even though close to 100,000 live there with significant numbers settling in the first 15 years after the State of Israel was founded.

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