Šklėriai (Varėna)
Šklėriai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania.
Šklėriai village is located c. 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Druskininkai, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Marcinkonys, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Margionys (the nearest settlement) and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Belarusian border.
Etymology
The name Šklėriai comes from a word Lithuanian: šklė̃rius (borrowing from Polish: szklarz, Belarusian: шкляр) 'a glazier'.
References
- ^ "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE" (XLSX). Osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 58. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.
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