Snaga

Snaga was the name of an Orc in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
== Biography ==
Snaga was the only surviving subordinate of Shagrat after the skirmish in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. He met Samwise Gamgee on the stairs of the Tower of Cirith Ungol and ran off to the tower's higher levels. However, he then got in the way of Shagrat, whom he had betrayed. The Black Uruk captain began to threaten that he would either be fed to Shelob or killed in a similar manner to the traitorous Radbug. Snaga mockingly told him that all of his loyal soldiers had been killed by the Orcs led by fellow rival captain Gorbag. Shagrat attempted to kill the lesser Orc, who evaded him and climbed the stairs to where the captive Frodo Baggins was. Snaga began to torture the hobbit prisoner, until Sam attacked him. The two fought until Snaga lost his balance and died falling through the level's trap door.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. I: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol"
==Etymology== 
The word Snaga means 'slave'.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F: I: The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age 
Coincidentally, Snaga also means "strength" in many Slavic languages, including Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian. 
== In adaptations ==
=== Radio ===
Snaga appeared in The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series), voiced by Gordon Reid.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጽናጋ ?
Arabic 	أن قوة
Armenian 	Սնագա
Assyrian 	ܨܢܐܓܐ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Снага ?
Bengali 	ষ্নাগা
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Снага
Chinese (Hong Kong)	史那加
Dari 	صناگا
Georgian 	სნაგა
Greek 	Σναγγα
Gujarati 	ષ્નગ
Hebrew 	סנאגא
Hindi 	स्नागा
Japanese 	スガガ
Kannada 	ಸ್ನಾಗ
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Снага
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Снага
Laotian 	ສນະgະ ?
Macedonian Cyrillic	Снага
Marathi 	ष्नग
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Снага
Nepalese 	ष्नग
Pashto 	صناګا
Persian 	صناگا
Punjabi 	ਸ੍ਨਗ
Russian 	Снага
Sanskrit 	ष्नग
Serbian 	снага (Cyrillic) Snaga (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ෂ්නග
Tajik Cyrillic 	Снага
Tamil 	ஷ்நக​
Telugu 	ష్నగ
Thai 	ษนะง ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Снаґа
Uzbek 	Снага (Cyrillic) Snaga (Latin)
Yiddish 	תנאַגאַ
== References ==
Category:Black Speech names & words
Category:Orcs
Category:Servants of Sauron
Category:Minor characters (The Lord of the Rings)it:Snaga (Cirith Ungol)
pl:Snaga (Cirith Ungol)