Mančiagirė

Mančiagirė
Mančiagirė
Village
Country	Lithuania
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna
Population (2001)
• Total	24
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Mančiagirė is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 24 people.[1]

Etymology

The name Mančiagirė comes from a personal name Lithuanian: Mañčius, Moñčius, Moñčis (or Slavic forms Polish: Męcz, Mączko, Męczko, Russian: Манчинский) and a word Lithuanian: giria 'a forest, a wood'.[2]

References

"2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 36. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.

External links

"Monczagiry". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 6. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1885. p. 659.

54°08′N 24°28′E

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[1] "2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.

[2] Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 36. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.