name
Meaning 1
The telephone number for emergency services in Iran.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Proper Name guide
110
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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General-American: /wən.wən.oʊ/
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General-American: /wən.wən.ziːroʊ/
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General-American: /wən.tɛn/
name
Meaning 2
The telephone number for law enforcement in China, Japan, Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Andorra, Nauru, and the Ivory Coast and on Taiwan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 110 handles police emergencies in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea but fires and medical emergencies have a separate number, 119.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
The telephone number for ambulance services in Jamaica, Syria, and Sri Lanka.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Norway, Jamaica, Suriname, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Papua New Guinea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
being ten more than one hundred
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: one hundred ten, cx
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Like 911, 119, etc., selected as a number both fast and easy to call from rotary or touch-tone phones and less likely to be mistakenly dialed.