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area code

NOUN:
  1. A three-digit number assigned to a geographical area in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, used before a seven-digit telephone number when placing a call to, and sometimes from within, that area.
  2. A similar number of varying length assigned to geographic areas in other parts of the world.



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