Balbutai is a village in Kaniavos eldership , Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 61 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 39.[1]
Balbutai | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°58′08″N 24°43′52″E / 53.96889°N 24.73111°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Alytus County |
Municipality | Varėna |
Eldership | Kaniavos (Kaniava) |
Population (2011 Census)[1] | |
• Total | 39 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Etymology
editThe name Balbutai comes from personal names Lithuanian: Bal̃butas, Balbatà, Balbãtas and Belarusian: Бoлбат which descend from Belarusian: бoлбач 'a chatterbox, a babbler'.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "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. 11. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.