Puvočiai


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. At the 2011 census, the population was 57.
Puvočiai village is located c. from Varėna, from Druskininkai, from Trasninkas.

Etymology

The name Puvočiai comes a popular Dzūkian personal name Pugãčius, Pugačiáuskas, Pugačáuskas which originates from Slavic names Пугач. The current form Puvočiai sounds as made from 'to rot' because of paronymic attraction.