.onion

See also: onion

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.

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.

Related terms

• onion routing