upravna

Upravna is a term used in several South Slavic languages to denote administration or administrative matters. In Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian, the adjective upravna (and its variants upravni, upravno) describes things related to governance, public administration, or bureaucratic procedures. The related noun uprava denotes administration or the administrative authority.

Etymology: The word derives from the Slavic root uprav-, linked to govern or manage; cognate forms appear across related languages with similar meanings and usages in official contexts.

Usage: In public administration, phrases such as upravna enota (administrative unit) are common in Slovenia, where the state is divided into administrative units responsible for local governance and civil services. In legal contexts, terms like upravni organ (administrative authority), upravni sud (Administrative Court), and upravni postupak (administrative procedure) appear in regulatory texts across the region.

Geography and toponymy: There is no widely recognized settlement simply named Upravna in major country databases; the term is typically used as an attributive adjective or as part of compound names rather than as an independent place name. In multilingual regions, variations of the root appear in many official names and institutional titles.

See also: Uprava, Upravna enota, Administrative law, Administrative procedure.