Hobgoblins

Hobgoblins were stronger, larger, and more menacing than other Orcs. They are mentioned only once, by Gandalf, in The Hobbit. He described them as one of the many kinds of Northern Orcs inhabiting the Wilderland. Many of them are probably some form of Uruk-hai or else a particularly large breed of Orcs living in the wilderland. There is however no specific orc-race called Hobgoblins but it is simply the name for all larger kinds of Orcs, used in The Hobbit.
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in a 1971 letter that in folklore hobgoblins were actually particularly small goblins of the traditional (not the Tolkien) kind, which is opposite to the case with the "goblins" (orcs) of The Hobbit.The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
==In other writings==
In The Motor-cyclists, the term “hobgoblins” is mentioned in a metaphor.The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien, Vol. One, no. 63: The Motor-cyclists
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Bengali 	হবগবলিনগুলি
Hebrew 	הובגובלינים
Japanese 	ボギー
Kazakh 	Хобыжық (Cyrillic) Xobıjıq (Latin)
Russian 	Хобгоблин
Spanish 	Hobotrasgo
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Хобгоблін
Welsh 	Bwci
==References==
es:Hobotrasgo
Category:Goblins
Category:Kinds of Orcs
Category:Servants of Morgoth
Category:Servants of Sauron
Category:Minions of Angmar