Nimrod (disambiguation)

Nimrod ( Hebrew for hunter ) or Nimrud stands for:

Nimrod , ancient oriental mythical hero and king mentioned in the Bible and the Koran
joking or out of date for hunters

geographical objects:

Nimrod (Castle) , medieval castle on the Golan Heights
Nimrod Glacier , glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica
Nimrod group , supposed group of islands in the South Pacific
Nimrod Passage , strait in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
Mount Nimrod , mountain in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica
Nimrods dam , a historical dam on the Tigris around 2000 BC. Chr.
Nimrud , archaeological site in what is now northern Iraq
Nemrut Dağı (Adıyaman) , mountain in the Taurus Mountains in southeast Turkey with an ancient sanctuary (world cultural heritage)
Nemrut Dağı (Bitlis) , now a dormant volcano in Turkey near Tatvan on Lake Van
Hamlet Nimrod near Marienbad (Bohemia, now the Czech Republic)

Places in the United States:

historical events:

Operation Nimrod, liberation of the hostages from the Iranian embassy in London by the Special Air Service, see hostage-taking in the Iranian embassy in London 1980
Nimrod Expedition , Antarctic expedition from 1907 to 1909 under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton

musical works:

Nimrod, 9. Variation (op. 36 from 1899) in the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
Nimrod (album) , title of an album released in 1997 by the punk band Green Day

People:

Elvin G. Nimrod (* 1943), Grenadian politician
Nimrod Bena Djangrang (* 1959), French writer born in Chad
Nimrod, opponent of the heroes from the series Gargoyles, see Gargoyles - On the Wings of Justice # supporting characters
Pseudonym of the English sports journalist Charles James Apperley (1777–1843)

Others:

Nimrod (ship) , expedition ship of the Antarctic expedition of the same name
40M Nimrod , Hungarian flak tank of the Second World War
British Aerospace Nimrod , British submarine hunting and maritime reconnaissance aircraft
Hawker Nimrod , British fighter aircraft built between WWI and WWII (naval version of the Hawker Fury )
Nimrod (make of car) , former British car brand
Nimrod Racing Automobiles , former British racing car manufacturer
Nimrod (guided missile) , air-to-surface missile of the Israeli Air Force
Nimrod Förlag , Swedish book publisher in Hörby, whose German publishing series appears as Edition Rugerup
Nimrod NRA / C2 , sports car produced by Nimrod Racing Automobiles in collaboration with Aston Martin
Nimrod-Verlag , Swiss publisher based in Zurich
an electronic computer built in England, presented at the Berlin industrial exhibition in 1951, see Nim game
The Nim programming language was called Nimrod until December 2014

See also:

Wiktionary: Nimrod - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations