thana
Syllables: tha·naUK/ˈtɑː.nə/US/ˈtɑ.nə/
thana noun: a military outpost.
Noun
thana (plural thanas)
- A military outpost.
- A police station or police jurisdiction.
- To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 387
- Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order.2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 70
- A subdistrict in cities, equivalent to upazilas.
Proper noun capitalized: Thana
Thana
- Alternative form of Thane (“Indian city”).
- On April 18, 1853, the first passenger train ran on Indian soil, from Bombay to Thana, and this 20-mile section of line thus became the forerunner of the great 43,000 route-mile system that eventually covered British India.1953 April, “A Century of Railway Development in India”, in Railway Magazine, page 219
Forms of thana
| plural | thanas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tana |
| alternative form | tanna |
| alternative form | tannah |
| alternative form | thanna |
| alternative form | thannah |
Origin of thana
Transliteration of Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane.
Words that rhyme with thana
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- ikebana
- kana
- mana
- mañana
- nana
- nirvana
- poinciana
- Rilkeana
- yana
- Alaskana
- Arthuriana
- Australiana
- Bondiana
- breweriana
- bwana
- Canadiana
- Chauceriana
- comicana
- cricketana
- dhyana
- Disneyana
- Edwardiana
- fata morgana
- fistiana
- Forteana
- ghana
- golfiana
- Guyana
- hentaigana
- Johnsoniana
- Kellyana
- Kiwiana
- liana
- librariana
- man'yōgana
- militariana
- ohana
- omniana
- parmigiana
- Pompeiana
- prana
- Qiana
- railroadiana
- railwayana
- Rosh Hashanah
- Setswana
- Shakespeareana
- Shaviana
Questions about thana
- What does thana mean?
- Thana means a military outpost.
- What part of speech is thana?
- Thana can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thana?
- Thana is pronounced /ˈtɑː.nə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thana?
- The plural of thana is thanas.
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