.gl is the

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(ccTLD) in the

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of the Internet for

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...

. The domain is available for Internet services worldwide and registrations are handled by

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-accredited domain name registrars. The domain name has sometimes been marketed as standing for "good luck", " graphics library" or

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

. In December 2009,

Google Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. I ...

released a

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service using the

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goo.gl. The service was shut down on 30 March 2019. In April 2013, the registry unilaterally voluntarily suspended resolution of thepiratebay.gl, intended to be a new primary

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for Bittorrent search engine

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IANA .gl whois information
Country code top-level domains Communications in Greenland {{compu-domain-stub

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