Nom de domaine, domain name

A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country (a sovereign state or a dependent territory).

Commercial and vanity use

A number of the world's smallest countries have licensed their TLDs for worldwide commercial use. For example, Tuvalu and the Federated States of Micronesia, small island-states in the South Pacific, have partnered with VeriSign and FSM Telecommunications respectively, to sell domain names using the .tv and .fm TLDs to television and radio stations.

Vanity ccTLDs are TLDs which are used for various purposes outside their home countries, because of their name. For example,

.ad is a ccTLD for Andorra, but has recently been increasingly used by advertising agencies or classified advertising.
.ag is a ccTLD for Antigua and Barbuda and is sometimes used for agricultural sites. In Germany, AG (short for Aktiengesellschaft) is appended to the name of a stock-based company, similar to Inc. in USA.
.am is a ccTLD for Armenia, but is often used for AM radio stations, or for domain hacks (such as .i.am).
.as is a ccTLD for American Samoa. In Denmark and Norway, AS is appended to the name of a stock-based company, similar to Inc. in USA. In Czech Republic, the joint stock corporation a.s. abbreviation stands for Akciová společnost.
.be is a ccTLD for Belgium, but is sometimes used for the literal term "be".
.by is a ccTLD for Belarus, but is sometimes used in Germany, as "BY" is the official abbreviation of the state Bayern.
.cat is a ccTLD for Catalogna (Spain). (Which i would gladly use for a sex-shop LOL)
.cc is a ccTLD for Cocos (Keeling) Islands but is used for a wide variety of sites such as community colleges, especially before such institutions were allowed to use .edu.
.cd is a ccTLD for Democratic Republic of Congo but is used for CD merchants and file sharing sites.
.ck is a ccTLD for Cook Islands was notably abused in Chris Morris's Nathan Barley by preceding it with ".co" in order to spell out the word cock (.co.ck as in trashbat.co.ck).
.dj is a ccTLD for Djibouti but is used for CD merchants and disc jockeys.
.fm is a ccTLD for the Federated States of Micronesia but it is often used for FM radio stations (and even non-FM stations, such as internet radio stations).
.gg is a ccTLD for Guernsey but it is often used by the gaming and gambling industry, particularly in relation to horse racing and online poker.
.im is a ccTLD for the Isle of Man but is often used by instant messaging programs and services.
.it is a ccTLD for Italy but is used in domain hacks (e.g. .has.it).
.je is a ccTLD for Jersey but is often used as a diminutive in Dutch (e.g. "huis.je"), as "you" ("zoek.je" = "search ye!"), or as "I" in French (e.g. "moi.je")
.la is a ccTLD for Laos but is marketed as the TLD for Los Angeles.
.li is a ccTLD for Liechtenstein but is marketed as the TLD for Long Island.
.lv is a ccTLD for Latvia but is also used to abbreviate Las Vegas or less frequently, love.
.ly is a ccTLD for Libya but is also used for words ending with suffix "ly".
.md is a ccTLD for Moldova, but is marketed to the medical industry (as in "medical domain" or "medical doctor").
.me is a ccTLD for Montenegro, and is recently opened to individuals.
.ms is a ccTLD for Montserrat, but is also used by Microsoft for such projects as popfly.ms.
.mu is a ccTLD for Mauritius, but is used within the music industry.
.ni is a ccTLD for Nicaragua, but is occasionally adopted by companies from Northern Ireland, particularly to distinguish from the more usual .uk
.nu is a ccTLD for Niue but marketed as resembling "new" in English and "now" in Scandinavian/Dutch. Also meaning "nude" in French/Portuguese.
.sc is a ccTLD for Seychelles but is often used as .Source
.sh is a ccTLD for Saint Helena, but is also sometimes used for entities connected to the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.
.sr is a ccTLD for Suriname but is marketed as being for "seniors".
.st is a ccTLD for São Tomé and Príncipe but is being marketed worldwide as an abbreviation for various things including "street".
.tk is a ccTLD for Tokelau but is bought by someone and given away at dot.tk page
.to is a ccTLD for Tonga but is often used as the English word "to", like "go.to"; also is marketed as the TLD for Toronto.
.tv is a ccTLD for Tuvalu but it is used for the television ("TV") / entertainment industry purposes.
.vg is a ccTLD for British Virgin Islands but is sometimes used to abbreviate Video games
.vu is a ccTLD for Vanuatu but means "seen" in French as well as an abbreviation for the English language word "view".
.ws is a ccTLD for Samoa (earlier Western Samoa), but is marketed as .Website


A

.ac — Ascension Island
.ad — Andorra
.ae — United Arab Emirates
.af — Afghanistan
.ag — Antigua and Barbuda
.ai — Anguilla
.al — Albania
.am — Armenia
.an — Netherlands Antilles
.ao — Angola
.aq — Antarctica
.ar — Argentina
.as — American Samoa
.at — Austria
.au — Australia
.aw — Aruba
.ax — Åland Islands
.az — Azerbaijan

B

.ba — Bosnia and Herzegovina
.bb — Barbados
.bd — Bangladesh
.be — Belgium
.bf — Burkina Faso
.bg — Bulgaria
.bh — Bahrain
.bi — Burundi
.bj — Benin
.bl — Saint Barthélemy
.bm — Bermuda
.bn — Brunei
.bo — Bolivia
.br — Brazil
.bs — Bahamas
.bt — Bhutan
.bv — Bouvet Island (not in use; no registrations)
.bw — Botswana
.by — Belarus
.bz — Belize

C

.ca — Canada
.cc — Cocos (Keeling) Islands
.cd — Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly .zr — Zaire)
.cf — Central African Republic
.cg — Republic of the Congo
.ch — Switzerland
.ci — Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
.ck — Cook Islands
.cl — Chile
.cm — Cameroon
.cn — People's Republic of China
.co — Colombia
.cr — Costa Rica
.cu — Cuba
.cv — Cape Verde
.cx — Christmas Island
.cy — Cyprus
.cz — Czech Republic

D

.de — Germany
.dj — Djibouti
.dk — Denmark
.dm — Dominica
.do — Dominican Republic
.dz — Algeria

E

.ec — Ecuador
.ee — Estonia
.eg — Egypt
.eh — Western Sahara (not assigned; no DNS)
.er — Eritrea
.es — Spain
.et — Ethiopia
.eu — European Union (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166–1)

F

.fi — Finland
.fj — Fiji
.fk — Falkland Islands
.fm — Federated States of Micronesia
.fo — Faroe Islands
.fr — France

G

.ga — Gabon
.gb — United Kingdom (Reserved domain by IANA; deprecated — see .uk)
.gd — Grenada
.ge — Georgia
.gf — French Guiana
.gg — Guernsey
.gh — Ghana
.gi — Gibraltar
.gl — Greenland
.gm — Gambia
.gn — Guinea
.gp — Guadeloupe
.gq — Equatorial Guinea
.gr — Greece
.gs — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
.gt — Guatemala
.gu — Guam
.gw — Guinea-Bissau
.gy — Guyana

H

.hk — Hong Kong
.hm — Heard Island and McDonald Islands
.hn — Honduras
.hr — Croatia
.ht — Haiti
.hu — Hungary

I

.id — Indonesia
.ie — Ireland
.il — Israel
.im — Isle of Man
.in — India
.io — British Indian Ocean Territory
.iq — Iraq
.ir — Iran
.is — Iceland
.it — Italy

J

.je — Jersey
.jm — Jamaica
.jo — Jordan
.jp — Japan

K

.ke — Kenya
.kg — Kyrgyzstan
.kh — Cambodia
.ki — Kiribati
.km — Comoros
.kn — Saint Kitts and Nevis
.kp — North Korea
.kr — South Korea
.kw — Kuwait
.ky — Cayman Islands
.kz — Kazakhstan

L

.la — Laos
.lb — Lebanon
.lc — Saint Lucia
.li — Liechtenstein
.lk — Sri Lanka
.lr — Liberia
.ls — Lesotho
.lt — Lithuania
.lu — Luxembourg
.lv — Latvia
.ly — Libya

M

.ma — Morocco
.mc — Monaco
.md — Moldova
.me — Montenegro
.mg — Madagascar
.mh — Marshall Islands
.mk — Republic of Macedonia
.ml — Mali
.mm — Myanmar
.mn — Mongolia
.mo — Macau
.mp — Northern Mariana Islands
.mq — Martinique
.mr — Mauritania
.ms — Montserrat
.mt — Malta
.mu — Mauritius
.mv — Maldives
.mw — Malawi
.mx — Mexico
.my — Malaysia
.mz — Mozambique

N

.na — Namibia
.nc — New Caledonia
.ne — Niger
.nf — Norfolk Island
.ng — Nigeria
.ni — Nicaragua
.nl — Netherlands
.no — Norway
.np — Nepal
.nr — Nauru
.nu — Niue
.nz — New Zealand

O

.om — Oman

P

.pa — Panama
.pe — Peru
.pf — French Polynesia
.pg — Papua New Guinea
.ph — Philippines
.pk — Pakistan
.pl — Poland
.pm — Saint Pierre and Miquelon
.pn — Pitcairn Islands
.pr — Puerto Rico
.pt — Portugal
.pw — Palau
.py — Paraguay

Q

.qa — Qatar

R

.re — Réunion
.ro — Romania
.rs — Serbia
.ru — Russia
.rw — Rwanda

S

.sa — Saudi Arabia
.sb — Solomon Islands
.sc — Seychelles
.sd — Sudan
.se — Sweden
.sg — Singapore
.sh — Saint Helena
.si — Slovenia
.sj — Svalbard and Jan Mayen islands (not in use; no registrations)
.sk — Slovakia
.sl — Sierra Leone
.sm — San Marino
.sn — Senegal
.so — Somalia (down, still is delegated to Monolith [ml.org] Philadelphia, an entity defunct since end—1998)
.sr — Suriname
.st — São Tomé and Príncipe
.su — Soviet Union
.sv — El Salvador
.sy — Syria
.sz — Swaziland

T

.tc — Turks and Caicos Islands
.td — Chad
.tf — French Southern Territories
.tg — Togo
.th — Thailand
.tj — Tajikistan
.tk — Tokelau
.tl — East Timor (formerly .tp)
.tm — Turkmenistan
.tn — Tunisia
.to — Tonga
.tp — East Timor (deprecated — use .tl; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166–1)
.tr — Turkey
.tt — Trinidad and Tobago
.tv — Tuvalu
.tw — Taiwan
.tz — Tanzania

U

.ua — Ukraine
.ug — Uganda
.uk — United Kingdom (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166–1) (see also .gb)
.um — US Minor Outlying Islands (code terminated)
.us — United States
.uy — Uruguay
.uz — Uzbekistan

V

.va — Vatican City
.vc — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
.ve — Venezuela
.vg — British Virgin Islands
.vi — United States Virgin Islands
.vn — Vietnam
.vu — Vanuatu

W

.wf — Wallis and Futuna
.ws — Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)

Y

.ye — Yemen
.yt — Mayotte
.yu — Yugoslavia

Z

.za — South Africa
.zm — Zambia
.zw — Zimbabwe

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