thana
1 Americannoun
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a police station in India.
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(formerly) a military base in India.
noun
Etymology
Origin of thana
From Hindi thānā, from Sanskrit sthāna “a place”
Example Sentences
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“All the relatives are here to make merit on behalf of those who died,” said Pensiri Thana, an aunt of one of the victims, referring to an important Buddhist practice.
From Seattle Times
"They wanted to have cakes, chocolate and strawberry. They were twins but they didn't like the same things," their mother, Pimpa Thana, told Reuters via phone.
From Reuters
He had been in the role a little more thana year.
From Los Angeles Times
“The platform and the support of more than one million Robinhood users will help hoteliers,” said Thana Thienachariya, chairman of Purple Ventures, the bank’s e-marketplace unit.
From Reuters
Rather than return to the violence in Yemen, Thana flew from London to Amsterdam, where her husband, Jamal Badr, was a student, and entered the Dutch asylum system in September 2017.
From National Geographic
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