Thana means " station" or "place" in South Asian countries. The word ''thana'' originates from the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

word ''sthana'' or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized as ''thana'' by the British. *

Thanas of Bangladesh A thana () serves as a fundamental administrative unit in Bangladesh, functioning as a city district governed by a police station (analogous to a police district or a police precinct). In rural areas, the thana system, originating in the 18th ...

, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

'' * in (British) Indian history, a ''thana'' was a group of princely states deemed too small to perform all functions separately *

Thane Thane (; previously known as Thana, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the list of Indian states, state of Maharashtra in India and on ...

is a city named after the word ''sthana'' (station), and is located in the Konkan division, a province of India * Thana Bhawan (), also known simply as Thana, is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India

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