Balbutai

Village in Alytus County, Lithuania
53°58′08″N 24°43′52″E / 53.96889°N 24.73111°E / 53.96889; 24.73111Country LithuaniaCounty Alytus CountyMunicipalityVarėnaEldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
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Balbutai is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], 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]

Etymology

The name Balbutai comes from personal names Lithuanian: Bal̃butas, Balbatà, Balbãtas and Belarusian: Бoлбат which descend from Belarusian: бoлбач 'a chatterbox, a babbler'.[3]

References

  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.
  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. 11. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.


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