Dubičiai
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Village in Alytus County, Lithuania
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Alytus County (2021 Census)[1]
Dubičiai is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 388 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 291.[3]
Dubičiai village is located c. 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Varėna, 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Marcinkonys, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Mantotai (the nearest settlement), 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Belarusian border.
Etymology
The name Dubičiai probably comes from the name of currently drained Dubas Lake which correspondingly is from the Lithuanian root dub- meaning 'to cave, to sink' (as duobė 'a pit', duburys 'a waterhole'). There is also Slavic personal names Дубичь, Дубич, Дубіч and Lithuanian one Dubiẽtis but they may descend from the village name.[4]
References
- ^ "Rodiklių duomenų bazė - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas".
- ^ "Lithuanian Population and Housing Census 2001: Alytaus County" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Population by locality". Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013. – 2011 Population and Housing Census
- ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 18. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.
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