thane means A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
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thane is pronounced /θeɪn/.
Etymology
Transliteration of Marathi ठाणे (ṭhāṇe). Doublet of thana.
name
- A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
noun
- A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.e.g.“Sonnes, Kinsmen, Thanes, / And you whose places are the nearest, know, / We will establish our Estate vpon / Our eldest, Malcolme, whom we name hereafter, / The Prince of Cumberland: […]” — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount,
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