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Village in Alytus, Lithuania
Puvočiai
Village
Puvočiai is located in Varėna District MunicipalityPuvočiaiPuvočiaiLocation in Varėna district municipalityLocation of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°07′N 24°18′E / 54.117°N 24.300°E / 54.117; 24.300
Country Lithuania
County Alytus
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipMarcinkonys
Population
 • Total50
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Puvočiai is a village in Marcinkonys Eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 71 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 57.

Puvočiai village is located c. 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Varėna, 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Druskininkai, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Trasninkas (the nearest settlement).

Etymology

The name Puvočiai (known as Polish: Puchacze, Puhacze, Russian: Пугачи, romanizedPugachi in earlier written sources) comes a popular Dzūkian personal name Pugãčius, Pugačiáuskas, Pugačáuskas which originates from Slavic names Пугач (it means 'a horned owl'). The current form Puvočiai sounds as made from Lithuanian: pūti 'to rot' because of paronymic attraction.

References

  1. ^ "Population by locality". 2011 Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. "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.
  3. Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 51. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.


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