Krokšlys is a village in , 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 Belarusian (from шум 'a noise, murmur, tear'). Supposedly, it resonates a murmuring flow of the Ūla River.
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