Dubičiai

Dubičiai is a village in, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 388 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 291.

Dubičiai village is located c. 32 km from Varėna, 27 km from Marcinkonys, 1 km from Mantotai (the nearest settlement), 2 km from the Belarusian border.

Etymology
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.