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Czech
Etymology
From Latin sānātiō (“healing, curing”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: asa‧na‧ce
Noun
asanace f
- Modification or removal of buildings or whole city blocks, mainly for reasons of public hygiene
Na přelomu 19. a 20. století probíhala rozsáhlá asanace a přestavba pražského židovského města.- At the turn of the 20th century, extensive demolition and reconstruction of Prague's Jewish Quarter was undertaken.
- Environmental remediation measures
asanace skládky- landfill remediation
Usage notes
In the first sense, the word is mostly used in connection with the renovation of the Prague Jewish Quarter.
Akce Asanace was the cover name of a Czechoslovak secret police operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s the goal of which was the expulsion of leading dissidents out of the country.
Declension
Declension of asanace (soft feminine)
Further reading
- “asanace”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “asanace”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “asanace” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “asanace”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025