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"The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles."
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"ipa": "/naɪn.naɪn.naɪn/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/trɪpəl.naɪn/",
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"ipa": "/naɪnz/",
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"word": "nine nine nine"
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"word": "triple nine"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "Emergency services number",
"word": "三條九"
},
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"code": "yue",
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"note": "三条九 (saam¹ tiu⁴ gau², literally “triple nine”)",
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}
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