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Scandia

Scandinavia

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A small silvery scandium metal specimen on a plain laboratory weighing dish, with an irregular broken face and softly reflective metallic edges.
noun

scandium

SKAN-dee-um/ˈskændiəm/

A silvery metallic chemical element with atomic number 21.

Etymology
scandLatinScandinavia
+iumLatinan ending used to name elements and substances

Scandia supplies a geographical name, while -ium marks the word as an element name. Nilson used the name for the earth he isolated, which was later recognized as containing an element predicted by Mendeleev.

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