Giraitė (Varėna)
Giraitė is a village in Matuizų eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 Census, the population was 61, down from 89 at the 2001 census.
Etymology
The name Giraitė comes from a word Lithuanian: giraitė 'a little grove'.
References
- ^ "Population by locality". 2011 Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 21. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.
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