Orc in common to them. A monster called "Orcus" is mentioned in Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queene" (Book II, Canto XII, line xlvii). The word ultimately comes from Latin "Orcus", the demonic Roman god of death, who should not be confused with Pluto, the god of the underworld, and has transformed by several stages from the meanings "underworld", "hell", "devil", "evil creature" to "ogre". Tolkien and the lexicons he used attributed the origin of the doubtful Old English "orc" to "Orcus" and in one of his invented languages, the word for orc also had the form "orco". Words derived from or related
Alternative names for Northern Ireland Alternative names for Northern Ireland There are a number of alternative names for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland consists of six historic counties of Ireland, and remains part of the United Kingdom following the independence of the other twenty-six counties as the Irish Free State in 1922 (now the Republic of Ireland, officially named "Ireland"). In addition to, and sometimes instead of, its official name, several other names are used for the region. Significant differences in political views between unionists and Irish nationalists are reflected in the variations of names they use for the region. A proposal to change Northern Ireland's