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Snaga

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Snaga by John Howe.
Snaga by John Howe.

Snaga was 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'.

Two orcs named (or called) "Snaga" appear in The Lord of the Rings: