Gollum

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A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol but was later named Gollum after his habit of making “a horrible swallowing noise in his throat”. The name Sméagol comes from Old English smeagan (“to question, scrutinize”).

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: গলম (golom) — fictional character
• Bulgarian: Ам-гъл (Am-gǎl) — fictional character
• Catalan: Gòl·lum — fictional character
• Chinese Mandarin: 咕嚕 /咕噜 (gūlu) — fictional character
• Czech: Glum — fictional character
• Dutch: Gollem — fictional character
• Dutch: Sméagol — fictional character
• Finnish: Klonkku — fictional character
• German: Gollum — fictional character
• Hebrew: גולום — fictional character
• Japanese: ゴクリ — fictional character
• Marathi: गोल्लम (gollam) — fictional character
• Russian: Горлум (Gorlum) — fictional character
• Russian: Голлум — fictional character
• Serbo-Croatian: Голум — fictional character
• Serbo-Croatian: Golum — fictional character
• Swedish: Gollum — fictional character
• Thai: กอลลัม (gɔn-lâm) — fictional character