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==Etymology==
==Etymology==


The name Gothmog consists of the roots GOS-/GOTH- "dread", and MBAW- "compel, force, subject or oppress" (found also in the title for Morgoth "Bauglir": the tyrant or oppresor). <ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}</ref>
The name ''Gothmog'' is derived from the roots GOS-/GOTH- "dread", and MBAW- "compel, force, subject, oppress" (found also in the title for Morgoth "Bauglir": the tyrant or oppresor).<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 359, 372</ref>


==Other versions of the legendarium==
==Other versions of the legendarium==