# 000

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /trɪpəl.əʊ/

## Definitions
1. The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.

## Etymology
A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in Australia because of the need to dial an initial 0 from remote exchanges to connect to the main trunk lines.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/000