Official Name: | Žiūrai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Coordinates: | 54.1453°N 24.4047°W |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Alytus County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Varėna district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Marcinkonys eldership |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 18 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Žiūrai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. It is situated on Ūla River. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 35 people.
The name Žiūrai (in Dzūkian Žūrai, known as Polish: Żuraciszki, Russian: Журачишки in earlier written sources) may come from a personal names Žiūrỹs, Žiurà, Žiū̃ras but such aren't known in Southern Lithuania. Instead, there are popular personal names Žùras, Žuráulis, Žuraulià of Slavic origin (< Belarusian: Жуpавель from the same word meaning 'a crane').[1]