.gi
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Second-Level Domain Names
- .com.gi
- .ltd.gi
- .gov.gi
- .mod.gi
- .edu.gi
- .org.gi
Trivia
Because of the coincidence in abbreviation, it has also been used for some official domains for the Spanish city GironaGirona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
. This limited use began prior to the creation of the .cat
.cat
.cat is a sponsored top-level domain intended to be used to highlight the Catalan language and culture. Its policy has been developed by ICANN and Fundació puntCAT...
TLD because of Catalan
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
reluctance to use domains under the Spanish country code TLD .es
.es
.es is the country code top-level domain for Spain. It is administered by the Network Information Center of Spain.Registrations are permitted at the second level or at the third level beneath various generic second level categories. Some qualifications and restrictions apply to third-level...
. Subsequent rules changes prevent new 2nd level registrations directly under .gi for entities not connected with Gibraltar.