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THANET, ISLE OF, the extreme north-eastern corner of Kent, England, insulated by the two branches of the river Stour, and forming one of the eight parliamentary divisions of the county. Its name is said to be derived from Saxon tene, a beacon or fire (probably ...

THANA, or TANNA ( = a fort, or police-station), a town and district of British India, in the Northern division of Bombay. The town is on the west of the Salsette creek or Thana river, just where the Great Indian Peninsula railway crosses to the mainland, 21 m.

THANN, a town of Germany, in Upper Alsace, 16 m. by rail N.W. of Mulhausen. Pop. (1905) 7901. It is the seat of cotton, calico, silk, machinery and other industries, and excellent wine is grown there. The (Roman Catholic) church of St Theobald (1351) is an ele

... gshot Beds, London Clay, Blackheath and Oldhaven Beds, Woolwich and ReadingBeds.Thanet Sands. The Thanet sands have not been recognized in the Hampshire basin ; they are usually pale yellow and greenish sanfls with streaks of clay and at the base; resting on a ...