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Alkupis (Nevėžis)
Alkupis (from the Lithuanian 'river of ''Alka (Baltic religion), alka''') could refer to several Lithuanian toponyms: * , village in Šilalė District Municipality Several short rivers, the largest of them: *Alkupis (Nevėžis tributary), the Nevėžis tributary in Kėdainiai District Municipality. {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka (Baltic Religion)
''Alka'' or ''alkas'' ( lv, elks) is the name of a sacred place or a place for burning sacrifices in Baltic religion. In Latvia and Lithuania ''alka(-s) '' and ''elks'' is the most widespread component in the toponyms for sacred sites. 120 hills, 70 fields and 50 water bodies (lakes, rivers, and wetlands) with such word in their name have been registered. Etymology The words ''alka(-s) '' and ''elks'' probably derive from the Proto-Indo-European ''*alku/*elku'' ("bend, an elbow, turn-like and lift") and may be directly connected with words such as Lithuanian ''auk(u)oti'' ("to lift a child") and Latvian ''auklēt'' ("to carry the baby on arms and to rock"). Cognates in other languages may include Germanic and Gothic ''alhs'' ("temple"), Saxon ''alah'' ("temple"), the Anglo-Saxon ''ealh'' ("temple") and ''ealgian'' ("to guard, to defend"), Belorussian ''галыконшк'' ("offering gatherer"), and Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šilalė District Municipality
Šilalė District Municipality ( lt, Šilalės rajono savivaldybė, Samogitian: ''Šėlalės rajuona savivaldībė'') is a municipality in Tauragė County, Lithuania. Seniūnijos (Elderships or Wards) The Šilalė district municipality contains 14 ''seniūnijos'' (in English: elderships or wards); the main town or village is listed for each. # – # – # – # – Kaltinėnai # – Kvėdarna # – Laukuva # – Pajūris # – # – Šilalė # – Šilalė # – Teneniai # – Šilalė # – Upyna # – Settlements The Šilalė district municipality contains: * 1 city (''miestas'') - Šilalė * 7 towns (''miesteliai'') - Kaltinėnai, Kvėdarna, Laukuva, Pajūris, Teneniai, Upyna, Žvingiai * 435 villages (''kaimai'') The largest settlements, with population as of 2001: * Šilalė – 6281 * Kvėdarna – 1934 * Laukuva – 998 * Pajūris – 872 * Kaltinėnai – 835 * – 633 * – 436 * – 410 * Upyna – 409 * Teneniai Teneniai ( Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alkupis (Nevėžis Tributary)
The Alkupis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. It flows for 12.3 kilometres and has a basin area of 41.8 km². It starts in the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest east of Šventybrastis. The Alkupis flows southwards through forests and agriculture lands. It is a left-bank tributary of the Nevėžis, which it flows into in Apytalaukis village. There were several villages ( Peiksva, Marijanka, Melninkai) by the Alkupis once but now only Apytalaukis village is inhabited. The hydronym A hydronym (from el, ὕδρω, , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As ... ''Alkupis'' is a compound noun - the first root derives from Lithuanian '' alkas, alka'' ('sacred place, shrine' and 'boggy place') and the second root from the word ''upė'' ('river'). Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014 p. 12 It is the second longest river in Lithuania, after the Šventoji, that flows exclusively within its borders. Its source is in the Anykščiai District Municipality, and the river first flows in a northwesterly direction, but then at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
