Dubičiai

Dubičiai 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 388 people.

The name Dubičiai probably comes from the name of currently drained Dubas Lake which correspondingly is from the Lithuanian root dub- meaning 'to cave, to sink' (as duobė 'a pit', duburys 'a waterhole').

There is also Slavic personal names Дубичь, Дубич, Дубіч and Lithuanian one Dubiẽtis but they may descend from the village name.

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