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thanas

thanas is the plural of thana.

Meaning of thana

Noun

thana (plural thanas)

  1. (India) A military outpost.
  2. (India) 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
  3. (Bangladesh) A subdistrict in cities, equivalent to upazilas.

Questions about thanas

What is thanas the plural of?
Thanas is the plural of thana.

Words near thanas in the dictionary

  1. thanage
  2. thanages
  3. thanah
  4. thanahs
  5. thanakha
  6. thanas
  7. thanatechnology
  8. thanatic
  9. thanatism
  10. thanatist
  11. thanatists

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