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Krokšlys

Coordinates: 54°02′10″N 24°37′30″E / 54.03611°N 24.62500°E / 54.03611; 24.62500
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Krokšlys
Village
Krokšlys is located in Varėna District Municipality
Krokšlys
Krokšlys
Location in Varėna district municipality
Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°02′10″N 24°37′30″E / 54.03611°N 24.62500°E / 54.03611; 24.62500
Country Lithuania
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
 • Total50
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Krokšlys is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 78 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 50.[1]

Etymology

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The village consists of two parts called Krokšlys and Šumas. Their both meaning is similar, only one name is Lithuanian (from kriokšlỹs 'a little waterfall', krokšlỹs, kriokšlỹs 'one who/which snores, crepitates') another is Belarussian (from шум 'a noise, murmur, tear'). Supposedly, it resonates a murmuring flow of the Ūla River.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  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. 58. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.