Ūta is a village in Kaniavos eldership, 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]
Ūta | |
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Village | |
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  Ūta  Ūta | |
| Coordinates: 54°06′22″N 24°38′38″E / 54.10611°N 24.64389°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County |  Alytus |
| Municipality | Varėna |
| Eldership | Kaniavos (Kaniava) |
| Population (2011 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 11 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Etymology
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b "Population by locality" (XLS). Statistics Lithuania. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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