"thana" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane.",
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      "form": "thanas",
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          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 387:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 70:",
          "text": "Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order.",
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        "A police station, or a police jurisdiction."
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        "(India) A police station, or a police jurisdiction."
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɑːnə/"
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      "word": "thanna"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thannah"
    }
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