dialling code

British

noun

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

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Mr Khalife's trial heard that, in April 2019, he created a contact with the +98 dialling code for Iran.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

After a few years she returned home and recorded her debut EP 029 - named after Cardiff dialling code 02920 - at Cardiff's Silk Crayon Studios.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2023

The town may have a DD postcode and a Dundee dialling code, but it is a part of Fife, and not subject to the same forthcoming restrictions as its neighbour across the water.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2020

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

From Economist • Mar. 10, 2011

International dialling code: +39 Leaders Leaders Giorgio Napolitano, veteran politician, was sworn in as Italy's 11th post-war president in May 2006.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2010

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