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🗺️ A police district 🏢 A police station
thana

thana

9.9
An area that a police station covers
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : zona de policía
  • Each thana is responsible for maintaining law and order in its area.

Examples

  • Residents must register complaints with the thana that covers their neighborhood.

  • The new officer was assigned to the central thana in the city.

  • The local thana is responsible for community safety.

  • In our thana, crime rates have dropped significantly.

  • In South Asia, each thana serves as an administrative division under the jurisdiction of local police.

  • The community meeting was held at the center of the thana to discuss safety and neighborhood issues.

  • Many crimes are reported to the police at the local thana, which is responsible for that area.

Synonyms

mahala
vsthana
  • UK
1 9.9

A part of a city with its own people and streets, often in South Asia or the Balkans

is an area defined by a police station's jurisdiction rather than community identity
Suba
vsthana
1 8.6

A district of Bogotá, Colombia with homes and local markets

is defined by police station jurisdiction rather than being just a locality
thema
vsthana
  • Archaic
9.9

An area of the Byzantine Empire ruled by a military leader

is defined by police station authority rather than military governance

Surface Forms

thana singular
thanas plural

Etymology

Thana also comes from the Hindi/Urdu thānā and the Sanskrit sthāna meaning 'place', and in South Asia it grew to mean the 'area' that a police station controls. So, a thana can mean not only the building but the district the station looks after.