Puvočiai

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Puvočiai
Village
Puvočiai Location in Varėna district municipality Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°07′N 24°18′E / 54.117°N 24.300°E / 54.117; 24.300
Country	Lithuania
County	Alytus
Municipality	Varėna
Eldership	Marcinkonys
Population  (2021 Census)[1]
• Total	50
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Puvočiai is a village in Marcinkonys Eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 71 people.^[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 57.^[1]

Puvočiai village is located c. 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Varėna, 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Druskininkai, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Trasninkas (the nearest settlement).

The name Puvočiai (known as Polish: Puchacze, Puhacze, Russian: Пугачи, romanized: Pugachi in earlier written sources) comes a popular Dzūkian personal name Pugãčius, Pugačiáuskas, Pugačáuskas which originates from Slavic names Пугач (it means 'a horned owl'). The current form Puvočiai sounds as made from Lithuanian: pūti 'to rot' because of paronymic attraction.^[3]

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