Žiūrai (Varėna)

Žiūrai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania.

According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 35 people.

[1] The name Žiūrai (in Dzūkian Žūrai, known as Polish: Żuraciszki, Russian: Журачишки in earlier written sources) may come from a personal names Žiūrỹs, Žiurà, Žiū̃ras but such aren't known in Southern Lithuania.

Instead, there are popular personal names Žùras, Žuráulis, Žuraulià of Slavic origin (< Belarusian: Жуpавель from the same word meaning 'a crane').

[2] This Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania location article is a stub.