Here, usingjoomla.com would like to introduce you to IDNs - Internationalised Domain Names.
"Most" domain names use ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) characters - latin letters (a - b) and /or numerals (0 - 9) and a hyphen (-)
The use of non-ASCII domain names began in about the year 2008 when Internationalised Domain Names began to emrge allowing domain names to be registered in "local" languages such as: Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian.
How non-ASCII domain names "work" is beyond the scope of this article - except to say that a series of conversions take place in your browser.
Below - we list some Internationalised Domain Names and their nearest English translation / equivalent.
If you spot an error or omission - please let us know.
 Internationalised Domain Names |
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| IDN | Country / Language | English / ASCII Equivalent |
.在线 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .online |
.公司 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .company |
.商城 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .mall |
.八卦 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .gossip |
.购物 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .shopping |
.世界 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .world |
.移动 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .mobile |
.我爱你 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .ILoveYou |
.公司.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .company.hongkong |
.網絡.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .network.hongkong |
.組織.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .organisation.hongkong |
.個人.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .personal.hongkong |
.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .hongkong |
.政府.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .government.hongkong |
.網絡.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .internet.hongkong |
.組織.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .internet.hongkong |
.教育.香港 |
Hong Kong / Chinese | .education.hongkong |
.中國 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .china |
.台湾 |
Taiwan (Republic of China) / Chinese | .taiwan |
.网站 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .website |
.政府 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .government |
.娱乐 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .entertainment |
.机构 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .agency |
.企业 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .enterprise |
.游戏 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .game |
.商标 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese | .trademark |
| .佛山 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .foshan Foshan: City in People's Republic of China 佛山 中华人民共和国城市 |
| .广东 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .guangdong Guangdong: Province in People's Republic of China 省份在 人们 中华民国 |
| .移动 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .move |
.セール |
Japan / Japanese | .sale |
.在线 |
Japan / Japanese | .online |
.ストア |
Japan / Japanese | .store |
.クラウド |
Japan / Japanese | .cloud |
.みんな |
Japan / Japanese | .everyone |
.コム |
Japan / Japanese | .com |
.ファッション |
Japan / Japanese | .fashion |
.ポイント |
Japan / Japanese | .point |
.商店 |
Japan / Japanese | .store |
.संगठन |
India / Hindi | .organisation |
.कॉम |
India / Hindi | .com |
.नेट |
India / Hindi | .net |
.คอม |
Thailand / Thai | .com |
.닷컴 |
Korea / Korean | .com |
.닷넷 |
Korea / Korean | .net |
.한국 |
Republic of Korea / Korean (South Korea) |
.korea |
.дети |
Russian Federation / Russian | .children |
.ком |
Russian Federation / Russian | .com |
.онлайн |
Russian Federation / Russian | .online |
.орг |
Russian Federation / Russian | .org |
.сайт |
Russian Federation / Russian | .website |
| .рус | Russian Federation / Russian | .rus Shortened version of русский русский is Russian for: Russian |
| .москва | Russian Federation / Russian | .moscow Geographic IDN: Moscow |
.католик |
Russian Federation / Russian | .catholic Proposed IDN domain name |
| .ею | Russian Federation / Russian | .eu (European Union) |
.рф |
Russian Federation / Russian | .ru |
.ελ |
Greece / Greek | .gr |
.இலங்கை |
Sri lanka / Tamil | .srilanka |
.мкд |
Macedonian / Macedonia | .mkd |
.சிங்கப்பூர் |
Singapore / Tamil | .singapore |
.бел |
Belarus / Belarusian | .bel |
.укр |
Ukraine / Ukrainian | .ukr |
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Here, as an addition to our main article above, we present Brand / Branded IDN domain extensions.
  Brand / Branded Internationalised Domain Name Extensions |
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| IDN | Country Language |
English / ASCII Equivalent Brand owner |
.中信 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.citic CITIC Group Corporation Ltd., Formerly the China International Trust Investment Corporation |
.香格里拉 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.shangri-la Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited |
.淡马锡 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.temasek Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited |
.大众汽车 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.volkswagen Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
.谷歌 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
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.工行 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.icbc Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
.嘉里 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.kerry Kerry Trading Co. Limited |
.嘉里大酒店 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.kerryhotel Kerry Trading Co. Limited |
.電訊盈科 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. |
.诺基亚 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.nokia Nokia Corporation |
.電訊盈科 |
People's Republic of China Chinese |
.pccw PCCW Limited (Formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) |
.삼성 |
Republic of Korea Korean |
.samsung Samsung |
.グーグル |
Japan Japanese |
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Further reading
To read more about Branded Domain extensions, please visit our article: Branded Domains
