polonium / polonia / polony / polonaise

Dave Wilton, Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Polonium, element 84, was discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie. The pair named the element after Marie Curie’s native land of Poland;1 Polonia is a post-classical Latin name for that country.

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