Grybaulia is a small village in

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. The village is best known for its extensive fish ponds, which, surrounded by

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s provide breeding, feeding and wintering habitats for a number of bird species. Grybaulia village is located c. from

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, from

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, from

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(the nearest settlement), from the

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ian border.

Etymology

The name ''Grybaulia'' comes from a word 'a

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom. The standard for the n ...

' with a Slavic prefix meaning 'a place of bundantmushrooms'. During the Interwar period current Grybaulia village was made from two parts called ''Kanalai'' ('

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

s') and ''Baubliai'' (from a personal name ''Baublys'' which correspondingly comes from a bird name '

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').

References

Villages in Alytus County Villages in Varėna District Municipality {{Varėna-geo-stub