119

The telephone number for law enforcement in Jamaica, Mozambique, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

Proper noun

  1. The telephone number for law enforcement in Jamaica, Mozambique, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
  2. The telephone number for ambulance services in Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea and on Taiwan.
    • 119 handles fires and medical emergencies in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea but the police have a separate number, 110.
  3. The telephone number for firefighting assistance in China, Bolivia, Japan, and South Korea.
  4. The telephone number for antiterrorist services in Afghanistan.

Origin

Variant of 911, which see.