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area code

area code noun: a prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area.

Noun

area code (plural area codes)

  1. (Australia, Philippines, US) A prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area.
    Synonyms:
    dialling code

area code meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

area code in Hindi

prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area
एरिया कोड eriyā koḍ

area code in Tamil

பரப்புக் குறிமுறை

area code in Urdu

prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area
ایرِیا کوڈ eriyā koḍ

area code in Kannada

ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಕೋಡ್

Synonyms of area code

Forms of area code

pluralarea codes

Questions about area code

What does area code mean?
Area code means a prefix appended to a telephone number indicating the geographical area.
What is area code in Hindi?
Area code in Hindi is एरिया कोड (eriyā koḍ). See Area code meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is area code?
Area code is a noun.
What is the plural of area code?
The plural of area code is area codes.

Words near area code in the dictionary

  1. Area A
  2. Area B
  3. area boy
  4. area boys
  5. Area C
  6. area code
  7. area codes
  8. area control center
  9. area control centers
  10. area control centre
  11. area control centres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: area code (page history and authors); area code (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); area code (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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