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'''Thana''' means "[[station]]" or "place" in South Asian countries. The word ''thana'' originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''sthana'' or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized as ''thana'' by the British.

* [[Thanas of Bangladesh]], former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''[[upazila]]''
* in (British) Indian history, a ''thana'' was a group of [[princely states]] deemed too small to perform all functions separately
*[[Thane]] is a city named after the word ''sthana'' (station), and is located in the [[Konkan division]], a province of India
*[[Thana Bhawan]] ({{Lit|station house}}), also known simply as Thana, is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India

== See also ==
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* [[Tana (disambiguation)]]
* [[Thaana]], also known as Tāna, the modern writing system of the Divehi language

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