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Meaning of thana | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɑː.nə

Definitions

  1. An Indian military outpost.
  2. A police station, or a police jurisdiction.

Equivalents

Français thâna

Examples

“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.”
“Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order.”
“On April 18, 1853, the first passenger train ran on Indian soil, from Bombay to Thana, and this 20-mile section of line thus became the forerunner of the great 43,000 route-mile system that eventually covered British India.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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