Dubininkas

Dubininkas is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 5 people.

Etymology
The name Dubininkas (in Dzūkian Dubinykas) is of uncertain origin. There is a word dùbininkas which means 'an owner of duba ' where duba could mean either 'a home, a homested', either 'a tree hollow' (but no of these meanings collected in Dzūkija Region). Another possibility is that dùbininkas could mean 'a tanner' (form dū̃bas, dū̃bai 'tree barks for tanning') as дубільнік, дубитель 'a tanner'.