Etymology

dubnium

D2U1B3N1I1U1M3

Today it means: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105. Full definition →

English Dubna ← Russian Дубна́ (Dubná) ← Old East Slavic дубьнъ (dubĭnŭ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰu-m-bʰ-os?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰuh₂-m-bʰ-os?
  5. Proto-Slavic*dǫbъ
  6. Old East Slavicдубъ (dubŭ)
  7. Old East Slavicдубьнъ (dubĭnŭ)
  8. RussianДубна́ (Dubná)
  9. EnglishDubna
  10. English todaydubnium

From Dubna + -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element.

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