A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control within the Internet. It is used in various networking contexts and for application-specific naming and addressing purposes.
- In general, a domain name identifies a network domain, or it represents an Internet Protocol(IP) resource, such as a server computer hosting a website, or the website itself, or any other service communicated via the Internet.
- Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System(DNS). Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name.
- The top-level domains(TLDs) such as com, net, and org are the highest level of domain names of the Internet.
Domain names serve to identify Internet resources, such as networks and services with a text-based label that is easier to memorize than the numerical addresses used in the Internet protocols.
The country code top-level domains(ccTLD) were primarily based on the two-character territory codes of ISO-3166 country abbreviations. It is generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code.
Here is the list of Geographic Top-level Domains
Name:-DNS name of the two-letter country code top-level domain.
Entity:-Country, dependency, or region
Name Entity
.ac Ascension Island (UK)
.ad Andorra
.ae United Arab Emirates
.af Afghanistan
.ag Antigua and Barbuda
.ai Anguilla (UK)
.al Albania
.am Armenia
.ao Angola
.aq Antarctica
.ar Argentina
.as American Samoa (US)
.at Austria
.au Australia
.aw Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
.ax Aland (Finland)
.az Azerbaijan
.ba Bosnia and Herzegovina
.bb Barbados
.bd Bangladesh
.be Belgium
.bf Burkina Faso
.bg Bulgaria
.bh Bahrain
.bi Burundi
.bj Benin
.bm Bermuda (United Kingdom)
.bn Brunei
.bo Bolivia
.bq Caribbean Netherlands(Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius)
.br Brazil
.bs Bahamas
.bt Bhutan
.bw Botswana
.by Belarus
.bz Belize
.ca Canada
.cc Cocos(Keeling Islands)
.cd Democratic Republic of the Congo
.cf Central African Republic
.cg Republic of the Congo
.ch Switzerland
.ci 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
.cw Curacao(Kingdom of the Netherlands)
.cx Christmas Island
.cy Cyprus
.cz Czech republic
.de Germany
.dj Djibouti
.dk Denmark
.dm Dominica
.do Dominican Republic
.dz Algeria
.ec Ecuador
.ee Estonia
.eg Egypt
.eh Western Sahara
.er Eritrea
.es Spain
.et Ethiopia
.eu European Union
.fi Finland
.fj Fiji
.fk Falkland Island (UK)
.fm Federated states of Micronesia
.fo Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark)
.fr France
.ga Gabon
.gd Grenada
.ge Georgia
.gf French Guiana (France)
.gg Guernsey
.gh Ghana
.gi Gibraltar
.gl Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark)
.gm The Gambia
.gn Guinea
.gp Guadeloupe (France)
.gq Equatorial Guinea
.gr Greece
.gs South Georgia & the south sandwich Islands(UK)
.gt Guatemala
.gu Guam(US)
.gw Guinea-Bissau
.gy Guyana
.hk Hong Kong
.hm Heard Island and McDonald Islands
.hn Honduras
.hr Croatia
.ht Haiti
.hu Hungary
.id Indonesia
.ie Ireland
.il Israel
.im Isle of Man
.in India
.io British Indian Ocean Territory(UK)
.iq Iraq
.ir Iran
.is Iceland
.it Italy
.je Jersey
.jm Jamaica
.jo Jordan
.jp Japan
.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 (UK)
.kz Kazakhstan
.la Laos
.lb Lebanon
.lc Saint Lucia
.li Liechtenstein
.lk Sri Lanka
.lr Liberia
.ls Lesotho
.lt Lithuania
.lu Luxembourg
.lv Latvia
.ly Libya
.ma Morocco
.mc Monaco
.md Moldova
.me Montenegro
.mg Madagascar
.mh Marshall Islands
.mk North Macedonia
.ml Mali
.mm Myanmar
.mn Mongolia
.mo Macau
.mp Northern Mariana Islands (US)
.mq Martinique (France)
.mr Mauritania
.ms Montserrat (UK)
.mt Malta
.mu Mauritius
.mv Maldives
.mw Malawi
.mx Mexico
.my Malaysia
.mz Mozambique
.na Namibia
.nc New Caledonia (France)
.ne Niger
.nf Norfolk Island
.ng Nigeria
.ni Nicaragua
.nl Netherlands
.no Norway
.np Nepal
.nr Nauru
.nu Niue
.nz New Zealand
.om Oman
.pa Panama
.pe Peru
.pf French Polynesia (France)
.pg Papua New Guinea
.ph Philippines
.pk Pakistan
.pl Poland
.pm Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)
.pn Pitcairn Islands (UK)
.pr Puerto Rico (United States)
.ps Palestine
.pt Portugal
.pw Palau
.py Paraguay
.qa Quatar
.re Reunion (France)
.ro Romania
.rs Serbia
.ru Russia
.rw Rwanda
.sa Saudi Arabia
.sb Solomon Islands
.sc Seychelles
.sd Sudan
.se Sweden
.sg Singapore
.sh Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da cunha (UK)
.si Slovenia
.sk Slovakia
.sl Sierra Leone
.sm San Marino
.sn Senegal
.so Somalia
.sr Suriname
.ss South Sudan
.st Sao Tome and Principe
.su Soviet Union
.sv El Salvador
.sx Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
.sy Syria
.sz Eswatini
.tc Turks and Caicos Island (UK)
.td Chad
.tf French Southern and Antarctic Lands
.tg Togo
.th Thailand
.tj Tajikistan
.tk Tokelau
.tl East Timor
.tm Turkmenistan
.tn Tunisia
.to Tonga
.tr Turkey
.tt Trinidad and Tobago
.tv Tuvalu
.tw Taiwan
.tz Tanzania
.ua Ukraine
.ug Uganda
.uk United Kingdom
.us United states of America
.uy Uruguay
.uz Uzbekistan
.va Vatican City
.vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
.ve Venezuela
.vg British Virgin Island (UK)
.vi United States Virgin Islands (US)
.vn Vietnam
.vu Vanuatu
.wf Wallis and Futuna
.ws Samoa
.ye Yemen
.yt Mayotte
.za South Africa
.zm Zambia
.zw Zimbabwe
Some Interesting Facts Related ccTLD
- The First registered ccTLD was .uk, which was registered in 1985
- As of may 2017 there were 255 country-code top-level domains, purely in the Latin alphabet, using two-character codes.
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