To be precise, the word "Orc" is actually Sindarin for "Goblin" or "Monster," and the plural is "Yrch." In Quenya, the word is "Urcu" or "Urco," which stands for "Bogey" or "Monster," and is used to represent the race of Orcs in Tolkien's mythos.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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