<s>
.gr	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Greece	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
five	O
official	O
second	B-Protocol
level	I-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
some	O
other	O
unofficial	O
second	B-Protocol
level	I-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
that	O
belong	O
to	O
registrars	O
offering	O
third	O
level	O
domain	O
name	O
registrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greece	O
applied	O
for	O
the	O
internationalized	B-General_Concept
country	I-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
top-level	I-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
(	O
IDN	B-General_Concept
ccTLD	I-General_Concept
)	O
.ελ	O
(	O
.ΕΛ	O
in	O
capital	O
letters	O
)	O
for	O
domain	O
names	O
composed	O
of	O
letters	O
of	O
the	O
Greek	O
alphabet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
turned	O
down	O
by	O
ICANN	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2011	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
visually	O
similar	O
to	O
.EA	O
in	O
Latin	O
letters	O
should	O
ICANN	B-Application
ever	O
implement	O
such	O
a	O
TLD	O
(	O
EA	O
is	O
an	O
exceptionally	O
reserved	O
ISO	O
3166-1	O
alpha-2	O
code	O
element	O
for	O
Ceuta	O
&	O
Melilla	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
ICANN	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
allow	O
Greece	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
domain	O
.ελ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
months	O
,	O
domains	O
already	O
held	O
under	O
.gr	B-General_Concept
as	O
they	O
already	O
were	O
in	O
Latin	O
or	O
Greek	O
letters	O
or	O
transcribed	O
into	O
Greek	O
characters	O
could	O
be	O
obtained	O
for	O
.ελ	O
only	O
by	O
the	O
holder	O
of	O
that	O
.gr	B-General_Concept
domain	O
.	O
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