Nimrod () means "Hunter"; was a Biblical Mesopotamian king mentioned in the Table of Nations; an eponym for the city of Nimrud.Nimrod can also refer to any of the following: Nimród Antal, a director Nimrod , referring to a silly or foolish person Nimrod , 8 GeV proton synchrotron which operated at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory until 1978 9.3X82 RWG Nimrod, a black powder cartridge dating back to the 1890s Places: Nimrod , a village on the Golan Heights Nimrod, Minnesota Nimrod, Oregon Nimrod Fortress, on the Golan Heights Mount Nimrod, in Ross Dependency, Antarctica Nimrod Province in Afghanistan Nimrud, an ancient city in Mesopotamia Vehicles: Hawker Nimrod, a 1930s British fighter aircraft Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, a Royal Air Force maritime patrol aircraft now supported by BAE Systems Nimrod , a Hungarian anti-aircraft tank from World War II Nimrod , an Israeli anti-tank guided missile Nimrod , the ship used by Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 Antarctic expedition Nim

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