Complete the sentence about Uusimaa with the correct year: The Finnish-language name Uusimaa appears for the first time in ______ as Wsimaa in the first translation of the New Testament to Finnish by Mikael Agricola.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 1548
The Finnish name Uusimaa first appears in 1548, as Wsimaa, in the first translation of the New Testament into Finnish. The Swedish name Nyland is older.
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