Ytterby

//ˈɪtɚbi// name

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  1. 1
    A village on the island of Resarö in Sweden

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"Four chemical elements — yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden, near which they had been first found in the mineral gadolinite."

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Ytterby. Doublet of Utterby.

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