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112

112 proper noun: the telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.

Proper noun

112

  1. The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.
    • When you call 112 in the United Kingdom, the call is automatically rerouted to 999 operators.
  2. The telephone number for ambulance services in Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, and Burkina Faso.
  3. The telephone number for law enforcement in South Korea, Norway, Colombia, Serbia, Lebanon, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, and Mauritius.
  4. The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Equatorial Guinea and Nauru.

Origin of 112

Selected by the European Union as the 3-digit number fastest to dial on cellular and rotary phones without the likelihood of accidental dialing caused by hanging up a landline telephone, sometimes interpreted by phone networks as a 1.

Words formed from 112

  • E112
  • European 112 Day

Questions about 112

What does 112 mean?
112 means the telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.
What part of speech is 112?
112 is a proper noun.

Words near 112 in the dictionary

  1. 110
  2. 110 proof
  3. 110%
  4. 110s
  5. 111
  6. 112
  7. 119
  8. 11B
  9. 11D chess
  10. 11s
  11. 11th

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