Balbutai

Balbutai
Village
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Coordinates: 53°58′08″N 24°43′52″E
Country	Lithuania
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna
Eldership	Kaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population  (2011 Census)[1]
• Total	39
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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. "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.