Medna
Village in Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Medna (Serbian Cyrillic: Медна) is a settlement and local community in the Mrkonjić Grad municipality of Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Medna
Медна | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Medna | |
| Coordinates: 44.379°N 16.924°E | |
| Country | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| • President of the Local community council | Dragan Pena |
| Population | |
• Total | 226 |
Aside from Medna itself, the Medna local community also encompasses the settlement of Okandžije.[1]
Name
There are two theories for the etymology of this settlement. The first is that the Ottomans named it Medina which is of Arabic origin for a Fortified Settlement. Older locals still refer to the place as Medina, the chance of this etymology is highly likely as there was a Castle named Prizrenac in the area before Ottoman arrival. The second theory is that the settlement derives from the Serbo-Croatian word Med (honey).[2]
