111
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in New Zealand because the formatting on its pulse-dial system made 1 equivalent to 9 as processed by its British-made telecommunications equipment.
Pronunciation edit
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /wən.wən.wən/, /trɪpəl.wən/
Proper noun edit
111
- The telephone number for emergency services in New Zealand and Nauru. [1956]
- The telephone number for ambulance services in Papua New Guinea.