Ūta

Ūta
Village
Ūta is located in Varėna District Municipality
Ūta
Ūta
Ūta is located in Lithuania
Ūta
Ūta
Coordinates: 54°06′22″N 24°38′38″E / 54.10611°N 24.64389°E / 54.10611; 24.64389
Country Lithuania
County Alytus
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
 • Total
11
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ūta 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 25 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 11.[1]

Etymology

The name Ūta comes from the word Lithuanian: ūta (a borrowing from Polish: huta or Belarusian: гута) and means 'a smelting place, a pitch making place'.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Population by locality" (XLS). Statistics Lithuania. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ Alytaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2002. p. 54. ISBN 9986-589-83-5.
  3. ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 60. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.



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