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In the growth of the Internet, it became desirable to expand the initial set of six <a href="/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain" title="Generic top-level domain">generic top-level domains</a> in 1984. As a result, new top-level domain names have been proposed for implementation by <a href="/wiki/ICANN" title="ICANN">ICANN</a>. Such proposals included a variety of models ranging from the adoption of policies for <i>unrestricted gTLDs</i> that could be registered by anyone for any purpose, to <i>chartered gTLDs</i> for specialized uses by specialized organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2000, ICANN published a list of proposals for top-level domain strings it had received.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_proposals">Geographic proposals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proposed_top-level_domain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geographic proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/GeoTLD" class="mw-redirect" title="GeoTLD">GeoTLD</a></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.geo" title=".geo">.geo</a></span> – Generic geographical locations.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/w/index.php?title=.ln&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title=".ln (page does not exist)">.ln</a></span> and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.le</span> – Currently being sold by Dennis Hope's "<a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_real_estate" title="Extraterrestrial real estate">Lunar Embassy Commission</a>" alongside <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.lunar</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.moon</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.venus</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.mars</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.jupiter</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.saturn</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.uranus</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.neptune</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.pluto</span>. People who purchase novelty deeds for outer space property from him are also given free domains.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of these TLDs are supported at present by root servers.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.toronto</span> – was proposed by <a href="/wiki/City_of_Toronto" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Toronto">City of Toronto</a> officials.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internationalized_country_code_top-level_domains">Internationalized country code top-level domains</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proposed_top-level_domain&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Internationalized country code top-level domains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following ccTLDs (<a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">country code top-level domains</a>) have been requested using a procedure known as the Internationalized Domain Name (or IDN) ccTLD Fast Track Process. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#a0d0ff"> <th>DNS name</th> <th>IDN ccTLD</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Transliteration</th> <th>Script</th> <th>ccTLD</th> <th>Year of application </th></tr> <tr> <td>xn--wgv71a </td> <td><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/.%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC" class="mw-redirect" title=".日本">.日本</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-nippon_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nippon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> </td> <td><i>Nippon</i> or <i>Nihon</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">Kanji</a> (both <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABjitai" title="Kyūjitai">Kyūjitai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shinjitai" title="Shinjitai">Shinjitai</a>) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/.jp" title=".jp">.jp</a></td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>xn--vcst06ab2a </td> <td><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=.%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%9B%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title=".日本国 (page does not exist)">.日本国</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-nippon_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nippon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Nippon-koku</i> or <i>Nihon-koku</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">Kanji</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shinjitai" title="Shinjitai">Shinjitai</a>) </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>xn--mgbb7fyab</td> <td><span title="Libyan Arabic-language text"><span lang="ayl" dir="rtl"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7." class="mw-redirect" title="ليبيا.">ليبيا.</a></span></span></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></td> <td><i>Lībyā</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arabic_alphabet" title="Arabic alphabet">Arabic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/.ly" title=".ly">.ly</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The following countries have national languages that use other scripts than Latin but have no internationalized country code top-level domain, and none proposed in the above list: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language_and_community">Language and community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proposed_top-level_domain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Language and community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These proposals are centered on creating an independent Internet identity for linguistic and cultural communities. They are mostly inspired by the success of the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.cat" title=".cat">.cat</a></span> domain created for websites in the <a href="/wiki/Catalan_language" title="Catalan language">Catalan language</a> or about the <a href="/wiki/Catalan_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalan countries">Catalan culture</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Domain name </th> <th>Intended use </th> <th>Sponsor </th> <th>Year of Proposal </th> <th>Comments </th></tr> <tr> <td><del><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.cym" title=".cym">.cym</a></span></del> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060619052038/http://www.dotcym.org/">dotCYM Cyf</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>It was proposed by dotCYM for Welsh language and Wales, but ICANN has reserved this for eventual assignment to the <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a>. See also <a href="/wiki/.cymru" title=".cymru">.cymru</a> and <a href="/wiki/.wales" title=".wales">.wales</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.eng</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.doteng.org/">DotEng</a> </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.doteng.org/">DotEng.org</a> website was set up by John Sewell of Maidenhead in Berkshire. Mentioned in <a href="/wiki/PC_Pro" title="PC Pro">PC Pro</a> Online: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/190839/campaign-begins-for-eng-domain.html">Campaign begins for .eng domain</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090406080300/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/190839/campaign-begins-for-eng-domain.html">Archived</a> 2009-04-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Stuart Turton, 23 April 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.ker</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornish_language" title="Cornish language">Cornish language</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cornishworldmagazine.co.uk/">Cornish World Magazine</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>Proposed domain name derived from "Kernow" </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/w/index.php?title=.lli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title=".lli (page does not exist)">.lli</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonese_language" title="Leonese language">Leonese language</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonese_people" title="Leonese people">culture</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090318174242/http://www.puntulli.org/">puntuLLI</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>Several companies, associations, organizations, and institutions are involved in this campaign. </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.nai" title=".nai">.nai</a></span> </td> <td>Native, Aboriginal, and <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Indigenous peoples of the Americas</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101207111203/http://nai.nic-naa.net/">nai</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>The original proposal for a Native American managed TLD predates ICANN, and its form was adopted by ICANN as the "sponsored" type of application and eventual contract in the 2001 new gTLD round. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.nai" title=".nai">.nai</a></span>'s mission is to implement a top-level name space with an indigenous policy, provide an alternative to the several thousand indigenous public administrations, and the larger numbers of indigenous non-governmental, linguistic and cultural institutional, public and private economic enterprises, bands and individuals in the Western Hemisphere currently using name spaces operated under for-profit or colonial policies, and promote the economic development of Indian Country. </td></tr> <tr> <td><del><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced">.sco</span></del><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td>dotSCO </td> <td>2005 </td> <td>dotSCO began in late 2005 and has been campaigning to build support for a new TLD from among the Scots community around the world. The campaign now appears to be defunct, effectively replaced by now-approved <a href="/wiki/.scot" title=".scot">.scot</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.sic" class="mw-redirect" title=".sic">.sic</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kely_Land" title="Székely Land">Székely Land</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pontsic.org/">Pontsic Foundation</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>pontSIC began in late 2008 and has been campaigning to build support for a new TLD from among the <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kelys" title="Székelys">Székely</a> community around the world. The campaign was started by the <a href="/wiki/Szekler_National_Council" title="Szekler National Council">Szekler National Council</a>, and now are involved several companies and institutions. As of September 2009 there are over 33,200 signatories. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Note: The dotCYMRU, dotEUS, dotSCOT and dotBZH have formed the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eclid.eu/">ECLID</a>, the European Cultural and Linguistic Internet Domains umbrella group to lobby for the successful and speedy application for the bids.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_domain_name_themes">Technical domain name themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proposed_top-level_domain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Technical domain name themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.mail" title=".mail">.mail</a></span> – A domain for <a href="/wiki/E-mail" class="mw-redirect" title="E-mail">e-mail</a> networks, proposed to facilitate fighting <a href="/wiki/E-mail_spam" class="mw-redirect" title="E-mail spam">e-mail spam</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.web" title=".web">.web</a></span> – A domain for general use on the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specialized_and_professional_topics">Specialized and professional topics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proposed_top-level_domain&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Specialized and professional topics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.eco" title=".eco">.eco</a></span> – <a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">environmental causes</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – Limited existence in 2016 and full launch in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734" /><span class="monospaced"><a href="/wiki/.med" title=".med">.med</a></span> – <a href="/wiki/Medical" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical">medical</a> practitioners and organizations<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span 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