Maakohtaista

Maakohtaista is a Finnish adjective form used to describe content that is specific to a country or national jurisdiction. It expresses that information, rules, or guidance are tailored to a particular nation rather than being universal. The word is formed from maa- ‘country’ and -kohtainen, with the partitive form maakohtaista occurring when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, for example in phrases like maakohtaista tietoa or maakohtaisia sääntöjä.

In practice, maakohtaista is commonly used in legal, administrative, educational, and media contexts where distinctions between jurisdictions matter. It appears in constructions such as maakohtaista tietoa (country-specific information), maakohtaista sääntelyä (country-specific regulation), or maakohtainen ohjeistus (country-specific guidance). The basic, attributive form maakohtainen is used before a noun in the nominative or other cases, as in maakohtainen laki (a country-specific law).

The term sits alongside related descriptors that distinguish levels of scope. Kansallinen refers to the nation as a whole, alueellinen to a region, and kansainvälinen to international contexts. Maakohtainen emphasizes legal, cultural, or practical content that is tailored to the laws, practices, and conditions of a particular country, rather than generic or global content.

See also kansallinen, alueellinen, kansainvälinen.