Dubininkas Explained

Official Name:Dubininkas
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Label Position:Location in Lithuania
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Alytus County
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Varėna
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:5
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Dubininkas is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 5 people.[1]

Etymology

The name Dubininkas (in Dzūkian Dubinykas) is of uncertain origin. There is a word Lithuanian: dùbininkas which means 'an owner of duba ' where duba could mean either 'a home, a homested', either 'a tree hollow' (but no of these meanings collected in Dzūkija Region). Another possibility is that dùbininkas could mean 'a tanner' (form Lithuanian: dū̃bas, dū̃bai 'tree barks for tanning') as Belarusian: дубільнік, Russian: дубитель 'a tanner'.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 census . Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania) . lt . May 5, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723080738/http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/Alytaus_apskritis.pdf . July 23, 2011 .
  2. Book: Šimkus , Šarūnas . 2023 . Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas . Vilnius . Liutauras Leščinskas . 19 . 978-609-447-388-3. Lithuanian.