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Egypt to change name? Domain Opportunity?

Discussion in 'Domain Research' started by inbound, Feb 11, 2011.

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  1. inbound United Kingdom

    inbound Active Member

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    It looks as though there is a chance (don't know the real likelyhood) that Egypt will be renamed Masr - some of the people seem to want it at least (and that is the Egyptian name so I can't see it being anything else).

    Could be that a few speculative registrations could be worthwhile. I concentrate on the UK so will only be buying the one I have already bought (Masr.biz - which is a bit poor apparently given the low value of .biz names).

    Just thought some of you might want to look at it.
     
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  3. Alien

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    Thank you inbound. :) I've just taken a punt with the .org.uk....
     
  4. I'm pretty sure its "Misr"?

    From wikipedia:

    # Misr—the romanized Arabic name for the country of Egypt
    # .misr or مصر. the internationalized domain name of Egypt
     
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    Not a chance in hell it'll change its name.
     
  6. Serge

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    Hmm.... 101domain
     
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    Its surreal to think people actually believe its a possibility.
     
  8. Serge

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    Well - it depends on point of view. Here are some examples of countries changing their names (in 70's):

    Ceylon is now Sri Lanka,
    East Pakistan is now Bangladesh,
    Persia is now Iran,
    Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe,
     
  9. inbound United Kingdom

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    A couple of points:

    Masr seems to be the correct version (having consulted an Egyptian), even the page on Wikipedia about the IDN states Masr (although we know that does not mean it's correct - also try masr in the search and misr, which one forwards to Egypt?)

    Also, in regards to the likelyhood:

    It's not very likely, but these things do happen - especially when citizens are not happy with the name in use.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming#Countries
     
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    its unlikely but its hardly surreal :rolleyes:
     
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    Exactly what I thought, I wasn't concerned about the Egyptian pyramids being called the Masrian pyramids but the song being called walk like a Masrian is what came to my mind :lol:

    Caz, it's not surreal but it is highly unlikely :neutral:
     
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    There is more chance of atlantis rising from the sea and becoming the worlds largest producer of smoked ham….

    And I see atlantissmokedham is availble in all tld,s wonder if anyone will buy them
     
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masr_(domain_name) so it could be xn--wgbh1c better reg that one too
     
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