asanace

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sānātiō (healing, curing).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈasanat͡sɛ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧sa‧na‧ce

Noun[edit]

asanace f

  1. 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.
  2. Environmental remediation measures
    asanace skládky
    landfill remediation

Declension[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

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.

Further reading[edit]

  • asanace in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • asanace in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • asanace in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • asanace in Internetová jazyková příručka