Talk:Gobta/@comment-38026784-20190331102447/@comment-32990551-20190331122858

No, it is officially Gobta. The u is an unintentional artefact of the Japanese language. Rimuru named many of the goblins using the format of ゴブ followed by a single kana. ゴブ is short for ゴブリン, which while romanized is "goburin", it really the katakana for goblin. Goblin doesn't have a u in it, and therefore neither does Gobta. Plus, as discussed in the terminology guide, we use official translations for names and such (although there is an unspoken rule to use the anime instead of the LN; the terminology guide hasn't been updated since the anime aired).