Krokšlys is a village in Kaniavos eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 78 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 50.
Etymology.
The village consists of two parts called "Krokšlys" and "Šumas". Their both meaning is similar, only one name is Lithuanian (from "kriokšlỹs" 'a little waterfall', "krokšlỹs, kriokšlỹs" 'one who/which snores, crepitates') another is Belarussian (from "шум" 'a noise, murmur, tear'). Supposedly, it resonates a murmuring flow of the Ūla River.
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