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dialling code

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noun

  1. a sequence of numbers which are dialled for connection with another exchange before an individual subscriber's telephone number is dialled

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In April 2019, he created a contact with the +98 dialling code for Iran, the court has heard.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

Stadium 974 - named after Qatar's international dialling code and the number of shipping containers used in its construction - was one of seven grounds built for the tournament, while an eighth was extensively redeveloped.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022

The quiz contains questions such as what is South Africa's international dialling code, what is its capital city and who is the current president of the country.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

International dialling code: +1268 Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Baldwin Spencer and his opposition United Progressive Party won a landslide victory in general elections in March 2004.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2011

It will grant the South Sudanese a dialling code, replacing Sudan’s +249.

From Economist • Mar. 10, 2011

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