Anguilla en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /æŋˈɡwɪ.lə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original. The name of the island refers to its elongated shape.
Meanings
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An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea.
With companies wanting internet addresses that communicate they are at the forefront of the A.I. boom — like Elon Musk’s X.ai website for his artificial intelligence company — Anguilla has recently received a huge influx in requests for domain names.
2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times:In the late 1990s, the tiny Caribbean nation of Anguilla was home to an interesting cluster of expatriates. With its nonexistent taxes and incredible beaches, it was the perfect place for self-employed computer geeks to develop projects during the dot-com boom.
2020, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Sealand: The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation, Icon Books, →ISBN:
Deriveds
Anguillan · Anguilla Channel · Republic of Anguilla · Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
Relateds
Translations (41)
br Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · sv Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · da Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ja アンギラ (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · el Ανγκουίλα (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · bg Ангила (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · nl Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · sh Angvila (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · fr Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · tr Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · de Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · mk Анги́лја (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · lv Angiļa (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · fi Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · gl Anguila (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · pt Anguila (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · eo Angvilo (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · pl Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ast Anguila (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · th แองกวิลลา (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · nrf Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · mt Angulja (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ka ანგილია (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ar أَنْجْوِيلَا (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · lt Angi̇̀lija (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · uk Анґі́лья (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ko 앙길라 (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ar أَنْغِيلَا (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ru Анги́лья (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · sh Ангвила (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · it Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · es Anguila (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · eo Angilo (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · be Ангі́лья (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · cmn 安圭拉 (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ro Anguila (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ia Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · cs Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · ga Angaíle (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · uk Ангі́лья (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) · hu Anguilla (British overseas territory in the Caribbean)