Margionys
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Margionys
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|settlement_type = Village
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|image_caption = street in Margionys
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1= Ethnographic region
|subdivision_name1= Dzūkija
|subdivision_type2= County
|subdivision_name2= 17px Alytus County
|subdivision_type3= Municipality
|subdivision_name3= Varėna district municipality
|subdivision_type4= Eldership
|subdivision_name4= Marcinkonys eldership
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|population_total = 39
|population_as_of = 2021
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Margionys is a village in Dzukija National Park, Varėna District Municipality, Lithuania, located south-west of Marcinkonys, 115 km away from Vilnius, 50 km away from Alytus and at the hand's reach from Druskininkai.
Back in the year 1637, Margionys had 11 households. Number of households in the village increased to 44 by the year 1889, with a total population of 271 individuals at the time. After the plague and wars, the village shrank, with only two families living in it in 1738. By 1959, the village again had 261 inhabitants. This number has decreased to 98 in 1998 and 81 in 2003.[http://www.margionys.lt/en/margioniai/ "information about Margionys"]
Etymology
The name Margionys (known as {{langx|pl|Morgiewicze}}, {{langx|ru|Моргевичи}}, {{langx|de|Morgjewitschi}} in earlier written sources) comes from a personal name Margẽvičius or Márgis which may be from {{langx|lt|mar̃gis, márgis}}. This word either means 'a speckled one' or margas ('morgen'). The prior village name was Skroblininkai which was granted according the name of the {{ill|Skroblus|lt}} stream.{{cite book
|last= Šimkus
|first= Šarūnas
|author-link=
|date=2023
|title= Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas
|url=
|location=Vilnius
|publisher= Liutauras Leščinskas
|page= 37
|isbn= 978-609-447-388-3
|volume=
|language = Lithuanian
}}
References
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{{Alytus County}}
Category:Villages in Alytus County
Category:Varėna District Municipality
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