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Thane (Marathi: [ˈʈʰaːɳeː]; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai.
In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn (pronounced / θ eɪ n /; Old English: þeġn) or thane (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay society, below the king and ealdormen.
Thane district (Pronunciation: , previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; [1] however, in August 2014 the district was split into two with the creation of a new Palghar district , leaving the ...
Thane (/ ˈ θ eɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Thane is a masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Surname. Amanda Thane (1953–2012), Australian operatic soprano; Bartlett L. Thane (1877–1927), American mining engineer, namesake of the Juneau neighborhood; Elswyth Thane (1900–1984), American romance novelist
Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607).
Thane Krios is a fictional character in BioWare's Mass Effect franchise, who first appeared in Mass Effect 2 as a party member (or "squadmate"). The character is a drell, a race of extraterrestrial reptilian humanoids who form a sociopolitical alliance with the hanar, a sentient species of jellyfish-like entities.
Thane is one of the 36 districts in the Maharashtra state of India. The district is on the western coast and falls under the Konkan division of the state. Until 1 August 2014 the district was divided into 15 talukas , viz. Thane , Kalyan , Murbad , Bhiwandi , Shahapur , Vasai , Ulhasnagar , Ambarnath , Dahanu , Palghar , Talasari , Jawhar ...
Lord Banquo / ˈ b æ ŋ k w oʊ /, the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first an ally of Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they meet the Three Witches together.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is the governing body of the city of Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consisting of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and transport.