English

000

/trɪpəl.əʊ/
The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.

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    Origin

    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.

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    • derivedEnglishremote “At a distance; disconnected.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishremote
        • derivedOld Frenchremot

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