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Snaga

A name for lesser Orcs

A contemptuous term for the lesser Orcs of Mordor and Isengard, used especially among the larger and stronger Uruk-hai. It comes from a word in the Black Speech meaning 'slave'.


See also...

Mordor-orcs, Tarks

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