.cym is aGeoTLD reserved for eventual assignment to theCayman Islands. The primarytop-level domain used by the Cayman Islands is.ky. The Islands already have theinternational three letter code, CYM.ICANN plans to increase the number of generic top-level domains,[1] and it is through this process that a .cym top-level domain might be awarded.
The Cayman Islands were previously in competition withWales over use of the top-level domain. A campaign named "dot.CYM", not overly supported at government level, sought to have the.cym suffix for websites concerningWales (Welsh:Cymru), theWelsh language (Welsh:Cymraeg) and Welsh culture. However,.cym was eventually assigned to the Cayman Islands[2] because ICANN's policy states that new applications for 3-letter domains will not be accepted if they match existing ISO 3-letter codes.[3] Wales was eventually granted the domain.cymru.
In June 2012,ICANN opened the process of applications for new top level domains.Nominet, who own the.uk TLD, applied toICANN for both.cymru and.wales.[4]