.cymru

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Status: Proposed
country: Wales
Language: Welsh
Manager: Welsh Government
Registry Provider: Nominet
Registry: Nominet
Registry Backend: Nominet
Type: GeoTLD

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.cymru is a GeoTLD intended for the country of Wales in the United Kingdom, "cymru" means "Wales" in Welsh. In February, 2012, it was announced that Nominet had been chosen to run the technical registry functions for the yet-to-be-named managing entity associated with the Welsh Government. The same entity will also be applying for .wales with Nominet. The planned application for 2 Welsh TLDs apparently follows debate in the country as to whether their Geo TLD should be in their little-used, native language or in English. Nominet has stated that it plans to establish a model whereby excess funds are reinvested in Wales and its community.[1][2]

An entity that previously expressed interest in running .cymru, DotCym, announced that it would not be applying for any Welsh TLD just weeks before the Nominet announcement.[3]

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