.gw is the

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Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

. The .gw country code top-level domain was delegated multiple times to different entities. The domain was introduced to the root zone on 4 February 1997, and management of it was most recently delegated by

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to on 10 July 2014. The .gw domain name was launched to public registration in November 2014 with the technical help of (Registry of .PT ccTLD).

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IANA .gw whois information

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