Official Name: | Dubičiai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania Varėna District Municipality |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Varėna district municipality |
Coordinates: | 54.0189°N 24.7469°W |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Alytus County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Varėna |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | (Kaniava) |
Population Total: | 216 |
Population As Of: | 2021 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Dubičiai is a village in, 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. from Varėna, from Marcinkonys, from Mantotai (the nearest settlement), from the Belarusian border.
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]