nënujore

Nënujore is an Albanian adjective meaning underwater or subaqueous. It is formed from the preposition nën, meaning under, and ujore, meaning water-related. The term describes anything located beneath the surface of a body of water or occurring there.

In technical and scientific usage, nënujore appears in phrases such as mjedisi nënujore (underwater environment), ekosistemet nënujore (underwater ecosystems), and teknologji nënujore (underwater technology). It can also refer to activities conducted below the water surface, for example eksplorim nënujore (underwater exploration) or fotografi nënujore (underwater photography). The word is employed across disciplines including biology, archaeology, engineering, and environmental science, reflecting the range of human activity beneath water. As with other Albanian compounds formed with nën, the adjective tends to be written as a single word, nënujore, in standard usage. The term helps distinguish underwater contexts from terrestrial or aerial ones and is common in education, media, and policy discussions related to marine environments in Albanian-speaking regions.