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[โ€“] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's only Saruman's folk. Most others consider the term "Orc" or "Ork" to be correct.

[โ€“] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Saruman's folk are Uruk-hai.

Those come some 1000 years after the first orcs called Uruks in Middle-Earth. https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Uruks_of_Mordor

But also I was making a reference to the Rings of Power.