Uusimaa
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Modern province 
Historical province
English
Proper noun
Uusimaa
- A cultural-linguistic area in Southern Finland.
- A region (administrative) of Southern Finland.
- (historical) A former province of Southern Finland.
Translations
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”). As a place name, 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
Proper noun
Uusimaa
Declension
Place name:
| Inflection of Uusimaa (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
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| 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 | — | |
| abessive | Uudettamaatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Surname:
| Inflection of Uusimaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Uusimaa | Uusimaat | |
| genitive | Uusimaan | Uusimaiden Uusimaitten | |
| partitive | Uusimaata | Uusimaita | |
| illative | Uusimaahan | Uusimaihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Uusimaa | Uusimaat | |
| accusative | nom. | Uusimaa | Uusimaat |
| gen. | Uusimaan | ||
| genitive | Uusimaan | Uusimaiden Uusimaitten | |
| partitive | Uusimaata | Uusimaita | |
| inessive | Uusimaassa | Uusimaissa | |
| elative | Uusimaasta | Uusimaista | |
| illative | Uusimaahan | Uusimaihin | |
| adessive | Uusimaalla | Uusimailla | |
| ablative | Uusimaalta | Uusimailta | |
| allative | Uusimaalle | Uusimaille | |
| essive | Uusimaana | Uusimaina | |
| translative | Uusimaaksi | Uusimaiksi | |
| abessive | Uusimaatta | Uusimaitta | |
| instructive | — | Uusimain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Statistics
- Uusimaa is the 3076th (tied with 7 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 253 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.