Uusimaa
English
Proper noun
Uusimaa
Further reading
Uusimaa (region) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Uusimaa (province) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Uusimaa (cultural-linguistic area) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
uusi (“new”) + maa (“land, country”), probably a calque of Swedish Nyland (literally “New Land/Country”), because when it was taken by Swedish conquest in the 1200s–1300s, it was 'new' land east of Tavastia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːsiˌmɑː/, [ˈuːs̠iˌmɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification(key): uu‧si‧maa
Declension
| Inflection of Uusimaa (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Uusimaa | — | |
| genitive | Uudenmaan | — | |
| partitive | Uuttamaata | — | |
| illative | Uuteenmaahan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Uusimaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Uusimaa | — |
| gen. | Uudenmaan | ||
| genitive | Uudenmaan | — | |
| partitive | Uuttamaata | — | |
| inessive | Uudessamaassa | — | |
| elative | Uudestamaasta | — | |
| illative | Uuteenmaahan | — | |
| adessive | Uudellamaalla | — | |
| ablative | Uudeltamaalta | — | |
| allative | Uudellemaalle | — | |
| essive | Uutenamaana | — | |
| translative | Uudeksimaaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Uudettamaatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Uusimaa (type nuoripari) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Uusimaani | Uusimaamme |
| 2nd person | Uusimaasi | Uusimaanne |
| 3rd person | Uusimaansa | |
Derived terms
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