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Thana means "station" or "place" in South Asian countries. The wordthana originates from theSanskrit wordsthana or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized asthana by the British.

• Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamedupazila
• in (British) Indian history, athana was a group ofprincely states deemed too small to perform all functions separately
• Thane is a city named after the wordsthana (station), and is located in theKonkan division, a province of India
• Thana Bhawan (lit. 'station house'), also known simply as Thana, is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India

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• Thaana, also known as Tāna, the modern writing system of the Divehi language

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