meunarodna

Međunarodna is the unaccented form of the feminine adjective međunarodna in South Slavic languages such as Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin. It means international and is used to describe feminine nouns, for example međunarodna zajednica (international community), međunarodna pravila (international rules), međunarodna organizacija (international organization). The standard orthography in these languages uses the diacritic đ in međunarodna. In contexts where diacritics are omitted, the form meunarodna is often seen.

Etymology and usage: The word is formed from the prefix međ- meaning between or among, combined with the root related to narod, meaning people or nation, and an adjective-forming suffix. The sense is “between nations” or “among nations,” i.e., relating to nations or states in the international sphere. It functions as a gendered adjective that inflects to agree with the noun it modifies.

In practice, međunarodna appears in diplomacy, law, and academia to describe topics, institutions, or agreements with an international scope. It is used across Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin varieties and is commonly paired with nouns for terms like community, law, organization, conference, and relations.

See also: međunarodni (masculine form), međunarodna zajednica, međunarodno pravo, međunarodna organizacija.