Mannertenvälisissä

Mannertenvälisissä is a Finnish adjective form meaning intercontinental or between continents, used to describe plural nouns in the inessive case. The base adjective is mannertenvälinen, formed from manner (continent) and välinen (between/relating). The inessive plural form -issa/-issä yields mannertenvälisissä, as in phrases that mean “in intercontinental …” or “in intercontinental relations.” For example, mannertenvälisissä projekteissa means “in intercontinental projects,” and mannertenvälisissä suhteissa means “in intercontinental relations.”

In usage, mannertenvälisissä is typically applied to contexts and activities that involve multiple continents. It conveys a sense of scope that crosses continental boundaries more explicitly than the broader term kansainvälinen (international). While kansainvälinen covers international or cross-border relations generally, mannertenvälinen emphasizes intercontinental scale or coordination.

The term appears in discussions of aviation and transportation (for example, intercontinental flight networks), scientific collaboration (intercontinental research projects and data-sharing), business and infrastructure (intercontinental partnerships and supply chains), and diplomacy or cultural exchange (intercontinental dialogues and agreements). In Finnish, speakers may choose mannertenvälinen or mannertenvälisiä in various syntactic contexts, with mannertenvälisissä marking plural nouns in the inessive case.

See also: kansainvälinen, maanosien välinen yhteistyö, kansainvälinen yhteistyö.