".onion" meaning in All languages combined

See .onion on Wiktionary

Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: From . (“dot, as used in other domains such as .com and .net”) + English onion, by analogy with the many layers of the vegetable. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|en|onion}} English onion Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} .onion
  1. (Internet) An Internet top-level domain (not official, i.e., not part of the Domain Name System) for sites accessible via the Tor network. Wikipedia link: .onion Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Related terms: onion routing
    Sense id: en-.onion-mul-symbol-zfR23W-N Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for .onion meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (46b31b8 and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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