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Giraitė
Giraitė
Village
	Giraitė Location in Varėna district municipality Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
	Coordinates: 54°16′26″N 24°39′32″E / 54.27389°N 24.65889°E
Country	Lithuania
County	Alytus
Municipality	Varėna
Eldership	Matuizų [lt]
Population (2011 Census)
• Total	61
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Giraitė is a village in Matuizų eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 Census, the population was 61,^[1] down from 89 at the 2001 census.^[2]

Etymology

The name Giraitė comes from a word Lithuanian: giraitė 'a little grove'.^[3]

^ ^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. 21. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.