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Nimrod
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Nimród nimrod
English
right|thumb|A Nimrod (biplane fighter), 1936
right|thumb|A decommissioned Nimrod (patrol aircraft) and a pony
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Etymology
From en he נִמְרוֹד Nimród.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɪmrɒd/
Proper noun
en Q201861en biblical character A grandson of Ham; a mighty hunter and king of Shinar.
en 1993 G. A. Rosso Blake's Prophetic Workshop: A Study of The Four Zoas 80 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yXZQuQjy2ZEC&pg=PA80&dq=%22Nimrod%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EMAmU4_tL4aVkQXU9IHYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Nimrod%22&f=false Blake's depiction of the biblical Nimrod, whom Erdman traces to Young's poem, recalls Milton's Paradise Lost.
en 2005 J. B. Segal Edessa: The Blessed City 1 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=54ge-4Z67t8C&pg=PA1&dq=%22Nimrod%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EMAmU4_tL4aVkQXU9IHYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Nimrod%22&f=false In the fourth century St. Ephraim the Syrian wrote, in his commentary on Genesis, that Nimrod 'ruled in Erekh which is Orhay (Edessa)'.In Jewish and thereafter in Moslem tradition, Nimrod was the foe of Abraham.
en 2010 Khamit Raamah Kush Faces of the Hamitic People http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OEy01TUojG0C&pg=PT130&dq=%22Nimrod%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EMAmU4_tL4aVkQXU9IHYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Nimrod%22&f=false unnumbered The historical facts testify that they were highly developed; Nimrod, a descendant of Ham, therefore making him Hamitic, was the first human king not just of Bible record, but secular history also speaks of him. He ruled over a kingdom that included several cities in Mesopotamia.
A British biplane fighter aircraft manufactured by Hawker Aircraft in the early 1930s.
A British maritime patrol aircraft manufactured by Hawker Siddeley, in use from 1969 until 2011.
Derived terms
en Nimrodian
en Nimrodic
Translations
biblical king and hunter
Arabic: ar نُمْرُود m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܢܡܪܘܕ Nemrod
Bengali: bn নমরূদ nômrūd
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 寧錄 Nínglù
French: fr Nemrod
Greek: el Νεβρώθ m
Hebrew: he נִמְרוֹד m nimród
Hindi: hi निम्रोद m
Hungarian: hu Nimród
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Nemrûd m
Polish: pl Nimrod m
Portuguese: pt Nemrod, pt Nimrod, pt Nenrode, pt Ninrode
Russian: ru Нимрод m, ru Немврод m
Spanish: es Nemrod
Tumbuka: tum Nimurodi
Urdu: ur نَمْرُود m namrūd
Noun
Any great hunter.
en What Makes Daffy Duck 1948-02-14 Arthur Davis William Scott and Lloyd Turner 5:34 Daffy Duck Mel Blanc Precisely what I was wondering, my little Nimrod.
en 1966 Brian W. Downs Modern Norwegian Literature 1860-1918 116 Old Ekdal, whom Gregers remembers as Lieutenant Ekdal, his father's partner in the timber business up north and a mighty Nimrod, has, after a term of imprisonment for illicit tree-felling, become a shambling old drunkard, who solaces himself by sporting expeditions in the lean-to attic which his son and he have fitted up for the purpose with withered Christmas trees and a little menagerie of hens, rabbits and the like.
en nimrod fool; idiot.
Anagrams
en dimnor D minor dormin
en eponyms
Italian
Alternative forms
it Nembrod Nembrot Nembrotte Nembrotto
Etymology
it he נִמְרוֹד Nimród.
Pronunciation
Nimròd
Proper noun
m
it biblical en Nimrod