Glossary of TLDs

 TLD

A top-level domain name (TLD) is the last part of a domain name. For example, in coolexample.com, the TLD is the “.com”. A gTLD is a generic top-level domain name. These are not linked to geographical regions or special authorities. gTLDs are typically used to describe organizations and businesses.

A

.aero — Aviation Community members only

.asia — Companies and individuals based in the Asia-Pacific region

B

.biz — Intended for business use

C-G

.com — Considered commercial and is the most widely used TLD on the Internet

.coop — Reserved for cooperative businesses

.edu — Available to higher learning educational institutions that grant degrees

.gov — Reserved for U.S. government agencies

H-M

.info — Used for informational purposes

.jobs — Used for employment and job-related websites

.mil — Reserved for use by the U.S. Military

.mobi — Dedicated to sites that are made for mobile device use

.museum — Reserved for museums

N-R

.name — For individual use generally using a first and last name

.net — Usually used by Network Providers, but used widely by businesses and individuals for other purposes

.org — Commonly used by non profit organizations

.pro — Used for specific professions, usually intended for licensed professions. Examples include: Attorneys, Doctors etc.

S-Z

.sch — Reserved for schools

.tel — Internet Communication Services

.travel — Reserved for the travel and tourist industry and must be verified as a legitimate travel-related entity

Open TLD

Open TLDs are top-level domain names that are open to the general public for registration.

ccTLD

ccTLDs are country-code top-level domain names. They are two letters long instead of three and are active sometimes even if the country the ccTLD was created to represent no longer exists.

A

.ac — Ascension Island

.ad — Andorra

.ae — United Arab Emirates

.af — Afghanistan

.ag — Antigua and Barbuda

.ai — Anguilla

.am — Armenia

.an — Antigua and Barbuda

.ao — Angola

.aq — Antarctica

.ar — Argentina

.as — American Samoa

.at — Austria

.au —Australia

.aw — Aruba

.az — Azerbaijan

B

.ba — Bosnia and Herzegovina

.bb — Barbados

.bd — Bangladesh

.be — Belgium

.bf — Burkina Faso

.bg — Bulgaria

.bh — Bahrain

.bi — Burundi

.bj — Benin

.bm — Bermuda

.bn — Brunei Darussalalm

.bo — Bolivia

.br — Brazil

.bs — Bahamas

.bt — Bhutan

.bv — Bouvet Island

.bw — Botswana

.by — Belarus

.bz — Belize

C-D

.ca — Canada

.cc — Cocos (Keeling) Islands

.cd — Democratic Republic of the Congo

.cf — Central African Republic

.cg — Republic of the Congo

.ch — Republic of Switzerland

.ci — Cote dlvoire

.ck — Cook Islands

.cl — Chile

.cm — Cameroon

.cn — China, mainland

.co — Colombia

.cr — Costa Rica

.cu — Cuba

.cv — Cape Verde

.cx — Christmas Island

.cy — Cyprus

.cz — Czech Republic

.de — Federal Republic of Germany

.dj — Djibouti

.dk — Denmark

.dm — Dominica

.do — Dominican Republic

.dz — Algeria

E-F

.ec — Ecuador

.ee — Estonia

.eg — Egypt

.er — Eritrea

.es — Spain

.et — Ethiopia

.eu — European Union

.fi — Finland

.fj — Fiji

.fk — Falkland Islands

.fm — Federated States of Micronesia or radio related websites in general

.fo — Faroe Islands

.fr — France

G-H

.ga — Gabon

.gb. — United Kingdom, not used as widely as .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 Sandwich Islands and South Georgia

.gt — Guatemala

.gw — Guinea-Bissau

.gy — Gyana

.hk — Hong Kong

.hm — Heard Island and McDonald Islands

.hn — Honduras

.hr — Croatia

.ht — Haiti

.hu — Hungary

I-J

.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

.je — Jersey

.jm — Jamaica

.jo — Jordan

.jp — Japan

K-L

.ke — Kenya

.kg — Kyrgyzstan

.kh — Cambodia

.ki — Kiribati

.km — Comoros

.kn — Saint Kitts and News

.kp — North Korea

.kr — South Korea

.kw — Kuwait

.ky — Cayman Islands

.kz — Kazakhstan

.la — Laos

.lb — Lebanon

.lc — Saint Lucia

.li — Liechtenstein

.lk — Sri Lanka

.lr — Liberia

.ls — Lesotho

.lt — Lithuania

.lu — Luxembourg

.lv — Latvia or popularly known as "Las Vegas"

.ly — Libya

M

.ma — Morocco

.mc — Monaco

.md — Moldova

.me — Montenegro and also a domain name for personal websites

.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

.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-P

.om — Oman

.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-R

.qa — Qatar

.re — Reunion

.ro — Romania

.rs — Serbia

.ru — Russia

.rw — Rwanda

S-T

.sa — Saudia Arabia

.sb — Solomon Islands

.sc — Seychelles

.sd — Sudan

.se — Sweden

.sg — Singapore

.sh — Saint Helena

.si — Slovenia

.sj — Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

.sk — Slovakia

.sl — Sierra Leone

.sm — San Marino

.sn — Senegal

.so — Somalia

.sr — Suriname

.st — Sao Tome and Principe

.su — The former Soviet Union

sv — El Salvador

.sy — Syria

.sz — Swaziland

.tc — Turks and Caicos Islands

.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

.tp — East Timor

.tr — Turkey

.tt — Trinidad and Tobago

.tv — Tuvalu and popularly used for television-related sites

.tw — Taiwan

.tz — Tanzania

U-V

.ua — Ukraine

.ug — Uganda

.uk — United Kingdom

.us — US territories

.uy — Uruguay

.uz — Uzbekistan

.va — Vatican City State

.vc — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

.ve — Venezuela

.vg — British Virgin Islands

.vu — Vanuatu

W-X

.wf — Wallis and Futuna

.ws — Western Samoa and also promoted for general use as “website”

Y-Z

.ye — Yemen

.yt — Mayotte

.yu — Yugoslavia

.za — South Africa

.zm — Zambia

.zw — Zimbabwe