"000" meaning in English

See 000 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /trɪpəl.əʊ/ [General-Australian], /trɪpəl.zɪə.ɹəʊ/ [General-Australian], /trɪpəl.zɛd/ [General-Australian]
Etymology: A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in Australia because of the need to dial an initial 0 from remote exchanges to connect to the main trunk lines. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} 000
  1. The telephone number for emergency services in Australia. Wikipedia link: 000 (emergency telephone number) Synonyms: Triple O, Triple Zero, 000 Emergency Coordinate_terms: 110 [China, Iran], 111 [New-Zealand], 112 [European-Union], 119 [Japan, South-Korea], 911 [North-America], 999 [Ireland, UK] Coordinate_terms (Mongolia): 105

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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